7.4% ▲ +29.6%
Lower than 75% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bowman · Federal Electorate
Language in Bowman
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Bowman compared to the rest of the country. Only 7.4% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While this gap is large, the number of people using other languages has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 88.9% of residents, leaving very few people—just 0.7%—who speak little or no English. This is much lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2016.
0.7% ▲ +8.1%
Lower than 80% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
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 Bowman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED303/bowman/topic/language