62.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 62.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bardia · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bardia
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 62.2% of people in Bardia use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse in its class. Most residents speak English, but there is a strong presence of Mandarin, Hindi, and Arabic speakers.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people who speak little or no English is well above the New South Wales figure, at 7.8%. Only 32.5% of the population speak English only, while other common languages include Mandarin at 4.7%, and Hindi and Arabic both at 3.7%.
7.8% ▲ +62.2%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 Bardia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10195/bardia/topic/language