Stratford · Urban Centre

Language in Stratford

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

Just 2% of people in Stratford use a language other than English at home. This makes it far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages. The linguistic makeup of the area has stayed almost exactly the same for the last decade.

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📍 Stratford, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 94.2% of residents, which is far below the 22.3% national figure for other languages. Only 0.1% of people speak little or no English, a result well below both the state and national figures.

2.0% ▲ +4.5%

Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 2.0%

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

0.1% ▼ -30.4%

Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 2021: 0.1%

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 Stratford, English only is the majority at 100%; Italian is next at 0%.

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 Stratford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215080/stratford/topic/language