5.5% ▲ +481.8%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Shepparton East · Urban Centre
Language in Shepparton East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Shepparton East now speak a language other than English at home. While 90.5% of residents speak only English, the proportion of those using another language rose from just 0.9% in 2011 to 5.5% in 2021.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Though 5.5% of people use another language at home—which is higher than most similar areas—this is still far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. The most common non-English languages are Italian and Greek, and no residents reported speaking little or no English.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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.
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 Shepparton East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222083/shepparton-east/topic/language