Mount Beauty - Tawonga · Urban Centre

Language in Mount Beauty - Tawonga

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant language in Mount Beauty - Tawonga, where 88.2% of people use it as their only language at home. While a small number of residents speak other languages, this is a far lower proportion than seen across Victoria or the rest of Australia.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 6.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas and rose from 2.5% in 2011. However, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is very low at 0.4%, well below the national figure of 3.4%.

6.3% ▲ +152.6%

Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 5.3%
  • 2021: 6.3%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.4% ▼ -38.7%

Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 2021: 0.4%

Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.

Language used at home

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In Mount Beauty - Tawonga, English only is the majority at 98%; Punjabi is next at 1%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Mount Beauty - Tawonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215059/mount-beauty-tawonga/topic/language