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White Hills - Jackass Flat

Language used at home

In White Hills - Jackass Flat, 11.2% of people used a language other than English at home in 2021.

White Hills - Jackass Flat's language statistics show the proportion of the population who use a language at home other than English. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language.

White Hills - Jackass Flat's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth and Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.

Please note: Due to ABS rules regarding perturbation of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual language groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.

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Derived from the Census question:

'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'

Language used at home - Summary
White Hills - Jackass Flat - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Language summaryNumber%East Bendigo %Number%East Bendigo %2016 to 2021
Speaks English only4,89985.485.53,89989.687.3+1,000
Non-English total64411.28.42024.65.7+442
Not stated1963.46.12495.76.9-53
Total Population5,739100.0100.04,350100.0100.0+1,389
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Language used at home - Ranked by size
White Hills - Jackass Flat - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Language (excludes English)Number%East Bendigo %Number%East Bendigo %2016 to 2021
Karen1943.40.7591.40.5+135
Malayalam901.60.5190.40.1+71
Filipino/Tagalog400.70.6120.30.2+28
Mandarin360.60.9210.50.2+15
Punjabi290.50.960.10.3+23
Arabic270.50.230.1--+24
Sinhalese160.30.130.10.2+13
Auslan150.30.230.1--+12
Australian Indigenous Languages150.3--0----+15
Hindi130.20.450.10.5+8
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Excludes languages spoken at home by fewer than 10 people.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the language used at home by the population of White Hills - Jackass Flat in 2021 compared to East Bendigo shows that there was a similar proportion of people who used English only, and a larger proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).

Overall, 85.4% of the population used English only, and 11.2% used a non-English language, compared with 85.5% and 8.4% respectively for East Bendigo.

The dominant language used at home, other than English, in White Hills - Jackass Flat was Karen, with 3.4% of the population, or 194 people using this language at home.

The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of White Hills - Jackass Flat and East Bendigo in 2021 were:

  • A larger percentage using Karen at home (3.4% compared to 0.7%)
  • A larger percentage using Malayalam at home (1.6% compared to 0.5%)

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 442 or 218.8%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 1,000 or 25.6%.

The largest changes in the languages used by the population in White Hills - Jackass Flat between 2016 and 2021 were for those using:

  • Karen (+135 persons)
  • Malayalam (+71 persons)

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