14.9% ▲ +200.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Byford · Suburb / Locality
Language in Byford
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue for the vast majority of people in Byford, though a growing number of residents now speak other languages. While most of the community uses English, about 15% of people use another language at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 14.9% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 22.3%. Punjabi is the most common non-English language at 2.8%, while only 1.3% of people speak little or no English.
1.3% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Byford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50230/byford/topic/language