43.3% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.7%
- 2016: 45.8%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bardwell Valley · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bardwell Valley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people in Bardwell Valley speak a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the country. About 43.3% of residents use another language, which is 21 points above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse places at its level.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 52.6% of people, while Arabic (15.4%) and Greek (6.7%) are the most common other languages. This diversity is reflected in the 6.6% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 3.4%.
6.6% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Bardwell Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10197/bardwell-valley/topic/language