Bridgetown · Urban Centre

Language in Bridgetown

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

Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Bridgetown than across the state or nation. Just 3.5% of residents use another language at home, making it much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.

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📍 Bridgetown, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 89.8% of the town. Only 0.3% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%.

3.5% ▼ -14.4%

Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.1%
  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 2021: 3.5%

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

0.3% ▼ -44.9%

Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 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 Bridgetown, English only is the majority at 99%; Tagalog is next at 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 Bridgetown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515003/bridgetown/topic/language