Pyalong · Urban Centre

Language in Pyalong

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

Only 4.2% of people in Pyalong use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia, though the use of other languages has risen slightly since 2011.

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📍 Pyalong, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 88.7% of residents speak only English, a small number use Italian or Arabic. Despite this, 1.0% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.

4.2% ▲ —

Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 4.2%

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

1.0% ▲ —

Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 1.0%

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 Pyalong, English only is the majority at 97%; Italian is next at 2%.

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 Pyalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222075/pyalong/topic/language