Baw Baw, Victoria

Languages spoken in Baw Baw

In Baw Baw, the 2021 Census counted 3.9 per cent of residents speaking a language other than English at home, led by Mandarin and Italian. Every language besides English has fewer speakers than one resident in 100. The share nationally is at least twice Baw Baw's.

Residents: 58,008
Speak another language: 2,285
Languages at home: 80
Change since 2016: +54.1%

Which communities in Baw Baw speak another language at home?

Mandarin has the most speakers, though every group here is small.

Mandarin

239 speakers

Its speaker count has more than doubled since 2016.

Italian

161 speakers

It has fallen by more than a quarter since 2016.

Punjabi

139 speakers

Between the last two censuses it has more than doubled.

Is Baw Baw typical of Victoria?

Across Victoria, the share speaking another language is more than double. Baw Baw sits in the lower half of Victoria's councils, at 51st of 79.

Baw Baw: 3.9%
Victoria: 26.6%
Australia: 21.3%

Same method throughout, so the gap between the bars is the real gap.

The full diversity index, with Baw Baw highlighted.

Where in Baw Baw are other languages most common?

From Warragul down to Nilma, the gap is modest.

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Data: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home, summed from Statistical Area Level 2 to council. Changes are against the 2016 Census.

Blank answers matter here. 3,323 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 3.9%. Count them in and it's 9.7%; drop them from the base and it's 4.2%.

Figures for Baw Baw itself aren't affected by the small gap between summed suburbs and ABS national totals. Unnamed ABS categories are in every total and out of every ranked list.

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