Tailem Bend · Urban Centre

Language in Tailem Bend

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

Only 2.1% of people in Tailem Bend use a language other than English at home. This makes the town far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and the country.

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📍 Tailem Bend, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the sole language for 86.3% of residents, and the proportion of people using other languages is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This is reflected in the fact that 0.0% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the Australian average.

2.1% ▲ +19.3%

Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 2.1%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 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 Tailem Bend, English only is the majority at 100%; Punjabi is next at 0%.

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 Tailem Bend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415040/tailem-bend/topic/language