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Old Bar · Urban Centre

Language in Old Bar

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

English is the primary language for 91.4% of people in Old Bar. This is a very high proportion compared to the rest of the country, and the language profile of the area has remained steady over the last decade.

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📍 Old Bar, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 3.2% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While this is around the middle for similar areas, very few people here—just 0.4%—speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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3.2% ▲ +31.5%

Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.4% ▼ -41.2%

Higher than 60% of urban centre 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 Old Bar, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 0%.

English only 91.4% Italian 0.2% Vietnamese 0.1% Cantonese 0.1% Arabic 0.1%

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 Old Bar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115116/old-bar/topic/language