Badger Creek · Suburb / Locality

Language in Badger Creek

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Only 3% of people in Badger Creek use a language other than English at home, making it a very linguistically uniform area. This is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, with the vast majority of residents speaking only English.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is used by 92.5% of the population, while just 0.6% speak little or no English. Although the proportion of people with limited English is higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the Victorian average.

3.0% ▼ -13.1%

Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 3.0%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.6% ▲ +142.7%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 2021: 0.6%

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.

Language used at home

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In Badger Creek, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 1%.

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 Badger Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20097/badger-creek/topic/language