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Port Fairy · Urban Centre

Language in Port Fairy

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

English is the primary language for 91.8% of people in Port Fairy. This is a very linguistically uniform area where only 2.0% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the national average.

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📍 Port Fairy, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 2.0% of people speak another language at home, which is much lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2011. Consistent with this, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is well below the national figure at just 0.1%.

People using another language at home

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2.0% ▼ -12.5%

Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.1% ▼ -53.8%

Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.

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 Port Fairy, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

English only 91.8% Mandarin 0.3% Vietnamese 0.2% Greek 0.2% Italian 0.1%

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 Port Fairy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215069/port-fairy/topic/language