Loch Sport · Urban Centre

Language in Loch Sport

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

English is the primary way of communicating for almost everyone in Loch Sport. Only 4.2% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes it a very linguistically uniform place where very few residents struggle with English.

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📍 Loch Sport, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English-only speakers make up 88.7% of the population. This helps explain why the 0.0% of people who speak little or no English is well below both the state and national figures.

4.2% ▼ -24.3%

Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.6%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 4.2%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Loch Sport, English only is the majority at 98%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

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 Loch Sport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221043/loch-sport/topic/language