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Bassendean - Eden Hill - Ashfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Bassendean - Eden Hill - Ashfield

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

Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Bassendean - Eden Hill - Ashfield is a place where English is the dominant tongue. Only 13.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well below the national figure.

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📍 Bassendean - Eden Hill - Ashfield, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken exclusively by 80.7% of residents, while Italian, Vietnamese and Mandarin are the most common other languages. This is consistent with the fact that only 1.8% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.

People using another language at home

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13.9% ▲ +6.8%

Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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1.8% ▼ -19.7%

Higher than 58% 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.

Language used at home

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In Bassendean - Eden Hill - Ashfield, English only is the majority at 94%; Italian is next at 1%.

English only 80.7% Italian 1.3% Vietnamese 1.1% Mandarin 1.0% Tagalog 0.6% Cantonese 0.5% Arabic 0.3% Hindi 0.3% Punjabi 0.2% Greek 0.1%

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 Bassendean - Eden Hill - Ashfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/504011044/bassendean-eden-hill-ashfield/topic/language