9.4% ▼ -34.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bilbul · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Bilbul than in the rest of the country. While 9.4% of residents use another language at home, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most people here rely solely on English for their daily communication.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 80.4% of residents, though Italian is the most common second language at 4.6%. Only 0.7% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%.
9.4% ▼ -34.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.7% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Bilbul [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10348/bilbul/topic/language