24.6% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bulla · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bulla
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in four people in Bulla speak another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. While English is the main language, a variety of other tongues are spoken across the community. This reflects a more linguistically diverse population than many neighbouring local districts.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 24.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, though this is well below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. The most common non-English languages are Italian, Arabic, Mandarin and Greek, while a small 2.8% of people speak little or no English.
2.8% ▲ +37.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Bulla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20381/bulla/topic/language