11.0% ▲ +88.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Baldivis · Suburb / Locality
Language in Baldivis
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 11.0% of people in Baldivis use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, English remains the dominant language for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 84.0% of residents, with small numbers speaking Punjabi, Tagalog, Mandarin and Hindi. Very few people struggle with English, as only 0.8% speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the state and national totals.
0.8% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Baldivis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50054/baldivis/topic/language