8.2% ▲ +59.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
The Basin · Suburb / Locality
Language in The Basin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in The Basin, where only 8.2% of people speak another language at home. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Most residents rely on English for their daily lives.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 87.9% of residents, and while 1.1% of people speak little or no English, this is much higher than in most similar areas. Other languages spoken include Mandarin at 1.1%, and small numbers of Italian, Arabic, and Vietnamese speakers.
1.1% ▲ +63.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 The Basin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22496/the-basin/topic/language