31.1% ▲ +43.7%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bayswater · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Bayswater
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Daily life in Bayswater is increasingly multilingual, with 31.1% of people speaking a language other than English at home. This figure has risen by 9.5 percentage points since 2011, making the area well above the national average for linguistic diversity.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 31.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most areas. While English is spoken by 65% of people, Mandarin (6.4%) and Cantonese (4.2%) are the most common other languages; meanwhile, 5.5% of people speak little or no English.
5.5% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Bayswater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211011251/bayswater/topic/language