Bunyip · Urban Centre

Language in Bunyip

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

Almost everyone in Bunyip speaks English as their only language, making it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region. Only 1.7% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure that has fallen since 2011.

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📍 Bunyip, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is used by 92.3% of residents, leaving the proportion of people using another language far below the national figure of 22.3%. This is consistent with the fact that only 0.1% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the Victorian average.

1.7% ▼ -66.4%

Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.2%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 1.7%

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

0.1% ▲ —

Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.1%

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 Bunyip, English only is the majority at 100%; Italian 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 Bunyip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215017/bunyip/topic/language