8.3% ▲ +149.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
East Bendigo · Suburb / Locality
Language in East Bendigo
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue for almost everyone in East Bendigo, where only 8.3% of people use another language at home. This means very few residents rely on translation services for daily life. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it is still far below the Victorian and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 85.5% of residents, though small numbers of people speak Mandarin, Punjabi, Italian, or Hindi. Only 1.3% of the population speak little or no English, which is well below the state and national figures but much higher than in most similar areas.
1.3% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Bendigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20828/east-bendigo/topic/language