4.9% ▼ -42.8%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Violet Town · Urban Centre
Language in Violet Town
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Fewer people in Violet Town use a language other than English at home, falling from 8.5% in 2011 to 4.9% in 2021. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 85.1% of residents. Only 1.5% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure, though this has risen slightly since 2016.
1.5% ▲ +239.1%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Violet Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221077/violet-town/topic/language