5.8% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bedfordale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bedfordale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for nearly everyone living in Bedfordale. While the area is more linguistically diverse than many similar places, the vast majority of the community speaks only English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.8% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Very few residents struggle with English, with just 0.2% speaking little or no English.
0.2% ▼ -41.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Bedfordale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50092/bedfordale/topic/language