Basin Pocket · Suburb / Locality

Language in Basin Pocket

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

Just 2% of people in Basin Pocket use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3% and shows the area is much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the only language spoken by 91.4% of residents. Very few people speak little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.

2.0% ▼ -41.4%

Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.5%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 2.0%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Basin Pocket, English only is the majority at 100%; Hindi is next at 0%.

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 Basin Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30182/basin-pocket/topic/language