16.7% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bayswater · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bayswater
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 17% of people in Bayswater speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is a little below the Western Australian figure, it shows a diverse linguistic mix for the suburb. This variety is reflected in the use of several different community languages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 16.7% of residents use another language at home, with Italian, Vietnamese, and Mandarin being the most common. Despite this diversity, only 2.3% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the state average.
2.3% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 Bayswater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50083/bayswater/topic/language