30.9% ▲ +43.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bayswater · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bayswater
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Among the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind, Bayswater (Vic.) has a high proportion of residents who speak languages other than English. About 30.9% of people use another language at home, which is well above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 65.1% of residents, but Mandarin (6.6%) and Cantonese (4.0%) are also common. This diversity is reflected in the 5.5% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the state and national averages.
5.5% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Bayswater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20173/bayswater/topic/language