2.9% —
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bunyip - Garfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Bunyip - Garfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant tongue in Bunyip - Garfield, where only 2.9% of people use another language at home. This figure is far below the national average, marking the area as much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 90% of residents speak only English, and the number of people who speak little or no English is well below the Australian figure at just 0.4%. Aside from English, the most common languages spoken are Italian, Punjabi, Greek and Mandarin, though each is used by a very small number of people.
0.4% —
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 Bunyip - Garfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212011547/bunyip-garfield/topic/language