3.5% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Victor Harbor · Urban Centre
Language in Victor Harbor
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 3.5% of people in Victor Harbor speak a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure and reflects a community where English is overwhelmingly the primary language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 92.9% of the population, and the proportion of people using other languages has fallen by 1.0 percentage point since 2011. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 0.2% speaking little or no English, which is well below the Australian average.
0.2% ▼ -58.4%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Victor Harbor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL413006/victor-harbor/topic/language