6.4% ▲ +68.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bairnsdale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bairnsdale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 6.4% of people in Bairnsdale use a language other than English at home. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it is far below the Victorian and national figures. English remains the dominant language for the vast majority of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 85.7% of residents speak only English. Those who speak little or no English make up 1.3% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas but still well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
1.3% ▲ +73.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Bairnsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20103/bairnsdale/topic/language