7.8% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Buchfelde · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Buchfelde, where 87.6% of residents speak only this language at home. While most people use English, a small number of residents rely on other languages to communicate.
English and the largest community languages.
About 7.8% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure. Italian is the most common second language, while a small 2.6% of residents speak little or no English.
7.8% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2.6% ▲ —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Buchfelde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40176/buchfelde/topic/language