Point Turton · Urban Centre

Language in Point Turton

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

The proportion of people speaking a language other than English in Point Turton has fallen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011. Only 2.1% of the community now uses another language at home, making it far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.

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📍 Point Turton, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken exclusively by 91.4% of residents, with Italian being the next most common language at 2.8%. No one in the area speaks little or no English, a figure that is well below the national average of 3.4%.

2.1% ▼ -51.4%

Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.4%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 2.1%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Point Turton, English only is the majority at 97%; Italian is next at 3%.

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 Point Turton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422041/point-turton/topic/language