St Arnaud · Urban Centre

Language in St Arnaud

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

English is the primary language for 90.5% of people in St Arnaud, making it a very linguistically uniform area. Only 2.3% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure.

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📍 St Arnaud, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Very few people in St Arnaud speak a language other than English, a trend that has barely changed since 2011. Consequently, those who speak little or no English make up only 0.2% of the population, which is well below the Victorian average.

2.3% ▲ +50.7%

Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.5%
  • 2016: 9.0%
  • 2021: 2.3%

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

0.2% ▼ -89.4%

Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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 St Arnaud, English only is the majority at 99%; Tagalog 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 St Arnaud [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215079/st-arnaud/topic/language