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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 5.8% of children aged 12 to 17 years in the City of Greater Bendigo spoke a language other than English at home.
The City of Greater Bendigo's language statistics show the proportion of the population in the selected age group who speak a language at home other than English, and the main languages spoken. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language at different ages.
The City of Greater Bendigo's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth as different cultural groups are better analysed through the different topics. For major language groups, Community of Interest profiles are available for that specific language by a range of characteristics.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
| Language spoken at home - Ranked by size | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Greater Bendigo - 12 to 17 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Language | Number | % | Regional VIC | Number | % | Regional VIC | 2016 to 2021 |
| Karen | 207 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 126 | 1.5 | 0.2 | +81 |
| Malayalam | 33 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +21 |
| Mandarin | 16 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37 | 0.4 | 0.4 | -21 |
| Punjabi | 14 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +11 |
| Arabic | 13 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +5 |
| Auslan | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 13 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -2 |
| Dinka | 11 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +3 |
| Sinhalese | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -3 |
| Spanish | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.1 | -- |
| Greek | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +8 |
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| Language spoken at home - Summary | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Greater Bendigo - 12 to 17 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Regional VIC | Number | % | Regional VIC | 2016 to 2021 |
| Speaks English only | 8,035 | 89.1 | 88.7 | 7,460 | 89.9 | 89.3 | +575 |
| Non-English total | 522 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 369 | 4.4 | 4.9 | +153 |
| Not stated | 463 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 470 | 5.7 | 5.8 | -7 |
| Total people | 9,020 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 8,299 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +721 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the language spoken at home by children aged 12 to 17 years in the City of Greater Bendigo in 2021 compared to Regional VIC shows that there was a similar proportion of people who spoke English only, as well as a similar proportion of those speaking a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 89.1% of children aged 12 to 17 years spoke English only, and 5.8% of% spoke a non-English language, compared with 88.7% and 5.4% respectively for Regional VIC.
Other than English, the dominant language spoken at home by children aged 12 to 17 years in the City of Greater Bendigo was Karen, with 2.3% of the population, or 207 people speaking this language at home.
The major difference between the languages spoken at home for children aged 12 to 17 years of the City of Greater Bendigo and Regional VIC in 2021 was:
- A larger percentage speaking Karen at home (2.3% compared to 0.3%)
Emerging groups
Between 2016 and 2021, the number of children aged 12 to 17 years who spoke a language other than English at home increased by 153 or 41.5%, and the number of people who spoke English only increased by 575 or 7.7%.
The largest change in the spoken languages of children aged 12 to 17 years in the City of Greater Bendigo between 2016 and 2021 was for those speaking:
- Karen (+81 persons)
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