13.2% ▲ +158.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Blakeview · Suburb / Locality
Language in Blakeview
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Blakeview use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas, though this is still quite low compared to the rest of the country. While 13.2% of residents speak another language, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents speak English only.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83.4% of people, with Punjabi, Arabic, and Tagalog being the next most common. Only 1.8% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian figure of 3.4%.
1.8% ▲ +71.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Blakeview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40121/blakeview/topic/language