30.7% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Badcoe · State Electorate
Language in Badcoe
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 31% of people in Badcoe speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the state and national figures. This linguistic diversity has grown since 2011. It makes Badcoe much more multilingual than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 66.1% of residents, other common tongues include Mandarin, Greek, Punjabi and Hindi. A small number of people speak little or no English, which is slightly higher than the national figure of 3.4%.
3.7% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Badcoe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40002/badcoe/topic/language