9.9% ▼ -32.1%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bacchus Marsh · Urban Centre
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 a small number of residents use other languages at home, this has fallen over the last decade. The area is far more English-speaking than the Victorian and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 9.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas, though far below the 27.6% seen across Victoria. Only 1.0% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the state average and has fallen since 2016.
1.0% ▼ -65.7%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 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/ucl/UCL212001/bacchus-marsh/topic/language