Ventnor · Urban Centre

Language in Ventnor

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

About the same as similar areas, Ventnor (L) has a very high proportion of people who speak only English. Just 3.9% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.

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📍 Ventnor, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 90.6% of the area, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6% for other languages. No one in the area reports speaking little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%.

3.9% ▲ +2.2%

Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 4.2%
  • 2021: 3.9%

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 Ventnor, English only is the majority at 99%; Greek 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 Ventnor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221075/ventnor/topic/language