Flinders · Urban Centre

Language in Flinders

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

Around the middle for its level among similar areas, Flinders (L) is a place where very few people use a language other than English. Only 3.5% of residents speak another language at home, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.

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📍 Flinders, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 86.7% of the community, leaving the share of people using other languages far below both the Victorian and national figures. This is reflected in the fact that 0.0% of residents speak little or no English, which is well below the national rate of 3.4%.

3.5% ▲ +0.7%

Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 3.5%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Flinders, English only is the majority at 100%; Italian is next at 0%.

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 Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221028/flinders/topic/language