1.7% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Barnawartha · Urban Centre
Language in Barnawartha
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge gap exists between Barnawartha and the rest of the state, with only 1.7% of people using a language other than English at home. This is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. English is the dominant language here, a pattern that has remained steady over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly 89% of residents speak only English at home, and the 1.7% who use another language is much lower than in most similar areas. While 0.9% of people speak little or no English, this is still well below the state average.
0.9% ▲ +112.4%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
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 Barnawartha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221003/barnawartha/topic/language