7.2% —
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
The Basin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in The Basin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in The Basin compared to most similar areas. English is the primary tongue for nearly 90% of residents, making it much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 7.2% of people use another language at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This has risen slightly since 2016, yet only 1.1% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the state average.
1.1% ▲ +62.7%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 The Basin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211011449/the-basin/topic/language