1.8% ▼ -53.3%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Yallourn North · Urban Centre
Language in Yallourn North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive gap exists between Yallourn North and the rest of the country, with only 1.8% of people using a language other than English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the typical Australian suburb.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 93% of residents, a figure far below the Victorian average of 27.6%. Very few people struggle with English here, with just 0.4% speaking little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%.
0.4% ▲ —
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
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 Yallourn North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215095/yallourn-north/topic/language