24.7% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bayswater - Bassendean · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Bayswater - Bassendean
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one quarter of people in Bayswater - Bassendean use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most other areas. This linguistic diversity has grown slightly since 2011, making the area more multilingual than both the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 24.7% of residents speak a language other than English, a figure well above the Western Australian average. While English is used by 70.6% of the population, others speak Vietnamese, Mandarin, or Italian, and 3.9% of people speak little or no English.
3.9% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 - Bassendean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50401/bayswater-bassendean/topic/language