Vietnamese
2,471 speakers
About 3.7 per cent of all residents.
Bayswater, Western Australia
Languages spoken in Bayswater
At the 2021 Census, just over one in four residents in Bayswater spoke a language other than English at home. Vietnamese was the most common, followed by Mandarin. Most other languages here have fewer than one speaker per 100 residents. The City of Perth sits a little above Bayswater.
- Residents
- 67,308
- Speak another language
- 17,463
- Languages at home
- 121
- Change since 2016
- +1.3%
What languages are spoken in Bayswater?
Where does Bayswater land against Australia as a whole?
Australia as a whole comes in under Bayswater's share. Bayswater is in the top ten of Western Australia's 137 councils.
- Bayswater
- 25.9%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- City of Perth
- 33.5%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
What are the most spoken languages in Bayswater?
Each row is a language and the number who speak it at home, beside its change on 2016. The headline total also includes broad ABS categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which aren't listed here.
How big is each language community in Bayswater?
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
What's the fastest-growing language in Bayswater?
Fastest-growing language
Nepali
+87.2% since 2016
Nepali has grown by about three quarters since 2016, the steepest rise of any language that had 150 or more speakers in 2016.
Where in Bayswater is a language other than English most common?
Across 6 suburbs, Morley leads narrowly.
The suburb names link through to their own figures.
- MorleyLed by Vietnamese34%7,682
- NorandaLed by Vietnamese30%2,349
- EmbletonLed by Mandarin28%925
- Maylands (WA)Led by Mandarin23%2,999
- BedfordLed by Italian21%1,161
- Bayswater (WA)Led by Vietnamese15%2,347
- 6 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
Where were Bayswater's residents born?
Among residents born overseas, England leads.
Country of birth
35.6% born overseas, across 135 countries.
- 01England3,398+1.3%
- 02India2,311-8.1%
- 03Vietnam1,938+7.4%
- 04New Zealand1,468-15.7%
- 05China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)1,274+2.7%
- 06Italy1,243-10.6%
- 07Malaysia1,098+11.6%
- 08Philippines858-0.9%
- 09South Africa746+11.3%
- 10Ireland657-15.8%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity29,393-8.2%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs27,217+36.3%
- 03Buddhism2,679+9.8%
- 04Islam2,214+15.3%
- 05Hinduism1,675+4.7%
- 06Judaism467-5.7%
Where does Bayswater sit on the map of Australia's languages?
The shading shows how many residents speak a multicultural languageany language other than English at home, on ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Compare Bayswater with its neighbours on the full map.
Figures come from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021 (language used at home), aggregated from Statistical Area Level 2 to Local Government Area, with 2016 for comparison.
25.9% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 3,062 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 30.5%; among respondents alone it's 27.2%.
Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.
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