27.2% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bayswater · Council (LGA)
Language in Bayswater
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher numbers of people speak a language other than English in Bayswater compared to most other areas. About 27.2% of the population uses another language at home, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 68.2% of residents speak only English, Vietnamese is the most common second language at 3.6%. This diversity is reflected in the 4.4% of people who speak little or no English, which is a little above the state figure.
4.4% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Bayswater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50420/bayswater/topic/language