3.5% ▲ +19.3%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Avenel · Urban Centre
Language in Avenel
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language in Avenel, where only 3.5% of people speak another tongue at home. This is around the middle for similar areas, though it remains far below the Victorian and national figures. The linguistic makeup of the town has barely changed over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English, with 93% using it at home. While 0.5% of people speak little or no English—a figure higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the Victorian average of 4.4%.
0.5% ▼ -60.4%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Avenel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221002/avenel/topic/language