Bacchus Marsh Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Bacchus Marsh Surrounds

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

Nearly 90% of people in Bacchus Marsh Surrounds speak only English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state, with very few residents using a language other than English.

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📍 Bacchus Marsh Surrounds, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.0% of people use another language at home, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 27.6% and has barely changed since 2011. Similarly, the 0.4% who speak little or no English is well below the national figure of 3.4%.

4.0% ▲ +2.0%

Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 3.9%
  • 2021: 4.0%

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

0.4% ▲ +71.5%

Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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.

Language used at home

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In Bacchus Marsh Surrounds, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian 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 Bacchus Marsh Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201021009/bacchus-marsh-surrounds/topic/language