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Barwon Downs · Suburb / Locality

Language in Barwon Downs

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

English is the primary way of communicating for almost everyone in Barwon Downs, where 89.7% of residents speak only English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.

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📍 Barwon Downs, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 6.6% of people use another language at home, which is higher than in most similar areas, though still far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Notably, no one in the area reported speaking little or no English.

People using another language at home

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6.6% ▲ +299.3%

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.0% → —

Lower than 99% 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.

Language used at home

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In Barwon Downs, English only is the majority at 100%.

English only 89.7%

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 Barwon Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20161/barwon-downs/topic/language