5.1% ▲ +137.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
East Bairnsdale · Suburb / Locality
Language in East Bairnsdale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in East Bairnsdale now speak a language other than English at home compared to 2011. While this is higher than in most similar areas, the vast majority of residents still speak only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 81.4% of the area. About 5.1% of people use another language at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6% and the national figure of 22.3%.
0.8% ▲ +76.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 East Bairnsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20827/east-bairnsdale/topic/language