5.8% ▲ +40.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Barongarook West · Suburb / Locality
Language in Barongarook West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A small number of residents in Barongarook West use a language other than English at home, with only 5.8% doing so. While this is higher than most similar areas, it remains far below the state and national figures. Most people here speak only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 86.9% of people speak only English at home. While 1.7% speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas, this is still a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
1.7% ▲ —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Barongarook West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20150/barongarook-west/topic/language