5.9% ▼ -31.4%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Birchip · Urban Centre
Language in Birchip
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary way of communicating for the vast majority of people in Birchip. Very few residents use a language other than English at home, which is a pattern seen in many small country towns.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 86.2% of people speak only English, and those using another language at home fell to 5.9% in 2021. While this is higher than most similar areas, it is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%.
0.7% ▲ —
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Birchip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221005/birchip/topic/language