41.9% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.7%
- 2016: 44.5%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bundoora · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bundoora
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Bundoora is among the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind, with 41.9% of residents using a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%. Much of this diversity is seen in the high number of people who speak little or no English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly 42% of people here use a language other than English at home, which is far above the 27.6% seen across Victoria. This helps explain why 7.7% of residents speak little or no English, a figure well above the Australian average of 3.4%. The most common languages spoken after English are Mandarin (9.7%), Greek (3.7%), Italian (3.5%), and Arabic (2.6%).
7.7% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.7%
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 Bundoora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20399/bundoora/topic/language