9.8% ▲ +92.7%
Higher than 73% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bacchus Marsh · Urban Area
Language in Bacchus Marsh
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 86.2% of people in Bacchus Marsh. While most residents speak only English, the number of people using another language at home has risen to 9.8% since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home is much higher than most similar areas, though it remains far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Punjabi is the most common non-English language at 2.4%, while 1% of the population speaks little or no English.
1.0% ▲ +69.6%
Higher than 65% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Bacchus Marsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2001/bacchus-marsh/topic/language