Basin View · Urban Centre

Language in Basin View

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

Basin View sits around the middle of similar areas for its language profile. English is the dominant tongue here, with only 3.4% of people using another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Basin View, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Most residents speak only English, making up 91.5% of the population. Very few people struggle with English here, as only 0.3% speak little or no English, which is well below the 3.4% national average.

3.4% ▲ +63.6%

Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 11.1%
  • 2021: 3.4%

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

0.3% ▼ -93.7%

Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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.

Language used at home

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In Basin View, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

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 Basin View [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115011/basin-view/topic/language