Poowong East, Baw Baw

What Poowong East speaks at home

Almost every home in Poowong East speaks English only. The 2021 Census counted 9 people using another language, most often Cantonese. The number speaking another language at home has more than doubled since 2016. Australia as a whole has a higher share than Poowong East.

Residents
265
Speak another language
3.4%+125%
Languages spoken
2
Born overseas
10.5%

What languages do people in Poowong East speak besides English?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Cantonese
    6
  2. 02
    German
    3-25.0%

Where does Poowong East sit against Victoria?

The share speaking another language is less than half the figure for Victoria.

Poowong East
3.4%
Australia
21.3%
Victoria
26.6%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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