55.5% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bexley · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bexley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in Bexley use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This variety is reflected in the high number of residents who speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 55.5% of residents speak a language other than English, a figure far above the 22.3% seen across Australia. While English is the most common, Arabic (13.2%), Greek (7.1%), and Mandarin (6.0%) are also widely spoken, and about 9.8% of the community speaks little or no English.
9.8% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 9.8%
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 Bexley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10333/bexley/topic/language