4.5% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Barwite · Suburb / Locality
Language in Barwite
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant tongue in Barwite, where language patterns have stayed largely stable since 2011. Very few people use a language other than English at home, which is a much lower rate than across Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.5% of people use a language other than English at home, far below the national figure of 22.3%. While 93.3% speak only English, those who speak little or no English make up 1.1% of the population, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.1% ▲ —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Barwite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20160/barwite/topic/language