Trafalgar · Urban Centre

Language in Trafalgar

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

A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Trafalgar compared to the rest of the state. While 90.4% of residents speak only English at home, the variety of languages used has grown slightly over the last decade.

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📍 Trafalgar, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.5% of people use another language at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This is higher than most similar areas, and the number of people who speak little or no English is also much higher than in similar places at 0.9%.

4.5% ▲ +87.4%

Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 2.7%
  • 2021: 4.5%

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

0.9% ▲ +262.0%

Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 2021: 0.9%

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 Trafalgar, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian 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 Trafalgar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215086/trafalgar/topic/language