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Bayswater (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Language in Bayswater (Eastern Metropolitan)

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

More people speak a language other than English in Bayswater than in most similar areas. While 21.5% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the Victorian figure and sits about the same as the national average.

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📍 Bayswater (Eastern Metropolitan), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 74.3% of residents, though the use of other languages rose 3.6 percentage points since 2016. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 4.3%, while 3.5% of people speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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21.5% —

Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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3.5% ▲ +15.1%

Higher than 72% of state electorate 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.

Language used at home

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In Bayswater (Eastern Metropolitan), English only is the majority at 87%; Mandarin is next at 5%.

English only 74.3% Mandarin 4.3% Cantonese 2.4% Vietnamese 0.8% Hindi 0.8% Punjabi 0.7% Greek 0.5% Italian 0.4% Tagalog 0.4% Arabic 0.3%

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 (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED20401/bayswater/topic/language