4.3% —
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Remainder of State/Territory · Urban Centre
Language in Remainder of State/Territory
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for 87.5% of people in Remainder of State/Territory (Vic.). This area is far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state, with only 4.3% of residents using a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. While the 0.6% who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas, this remains well below the state average.
0.6% —
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL231001/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/language