Gunbower · Urban Centre

Language in Gunbower

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

English is the dominant language in Gunbower (L), with 86.8% of residents speaking only English at home. While this is far below the state and national figures for language diversity, it is actually higher than most similar areas.

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📍 Gunbower, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.6% of people use another language at home, a figure that fell from 6.2% in 2011. No one in the area speaks little or no English, which is well below the Victorian average of 4.4%.

4.6% ▼ -25.2%

Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.2%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 4.6%

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 Gunbower, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Gunbower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222031/gunbower/topic/language