4.9% ▲ +48.2%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Baw Baw · Council (LGA)
Language in Baw Baw
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 89.5% of residents in Baw Baw. While the area is far less linguistically diverse than the state or national average, the proportion of people using another language at home has rose by 1.6 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the 22.3% national figure. This is reflected in the low number of people who speak little or no English, at just 0.5%.
0.5% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Baw Baw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA20830/baw-baw/topic/language