6.4% ▲ +48.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bend Of Islands · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Bend Of Islands than in most similar areas, though only 6.4% of residents do so. English remains the dominant tongue here, with 91.8% of the population using it as their only language at home.
English and the largest community languages.
While 6.4% of people use another language at home, this is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This is consistent with the fact that no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.
6.4% ▲ +48.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Bend Of Islands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20207/bend-of-islands/topic/language