19.9% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bayswater - Embleton - Bedford · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Bayswater - Embleton - Bedford
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 20% of people in Bayswater - Embleton - Bedford speak a language other than English at home. This is slightly higher than the Western Australian average and reflects a diverse community where English is the primary language for 76% of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 19.9% of residents use another language at home, a figure that is a little above the state average and has barely changed since 2011. While 3.1% of people speak little or no English—which is higher than most areas—the most common non-English languages spoken are Vietnamese, Mandarin, Italian, and Cantonese.
3.1% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 Bayswater - Embleton - Bedford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/504011045/bayswater-embleton-bedford/topic/language