5.6% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bairnsdale · Urban Centre
Language in Bairnsdale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 86.8% of people in Bairnsdale. While most people speak only English, the number of residents using another language at home has risen to 5.6% since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home is far below the national figure of 22.3%, though it is higher than in most similar areas. Very few people speak little or no English at 1.0%, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.0% ▲ +67.2%
Higher than 79% of urban centre 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 Bairnsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213001/bairnsdale/topic/language