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Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Language in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan)

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

Over half of all residents in Bulleen speak a language other than English at home. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than both Victoria and Australia, with 50.6% of people using a second language.

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📍 Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Mandarin is the most common second language at 14.9%, followed by Cantonese, Greek, and Italian. This high level of diversity is reflected in the 8.7% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure well above the national average.

People using another language at home

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50.6% —

Higher than 93% 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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8.7% ▲ +3.6%

Higher than 91% 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 Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), English only is the majority at 55%; Mandarin is next at 18%.

English only 46.2% Mandarin 14.9% Cantonese 7.9% Greek 7.2% Italian 4.0% Arabic 2.0% Vietnamese 0.8% Hindi 0.8% Punjabi 0.5% Tagalog 0.2%

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 Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21401/bulleen/topic/language