Bullengarook · Suburb / Locality

Language in Bullengarook

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

A far lower share of people in Bullengarook speak a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the state. Only 3.5% of residents use another language, which is 24 percentage points below the Victorian average. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the only language used at home by 87.4% of people, with Italian and Greek as the next most common. While 0.4% of people speak little or no English—a figure higher than in most similar areas—this remains well below the national average of 3.4%.

3.5% ▼ -15.3%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.1%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 3.5%

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

0.4% ▲ —

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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 Bullengarook, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 1%.

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 Bullengarook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20387/bullengarook/topic/language