4.0% ▲ +147.9%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bourke · Council (LGA)
Language in Bourke
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Bourke compared to the rest of the state. Only 4% of the community uses another language at home, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Most residents speak English exclusively.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 78.6% of residents, and those who speak little or no English make up just 0.1% of the population. While the proportion of people using another language at home rose 2.4 percentage points since 2011, the area remains much lower than most other places.
0.1% ▼ -66.2%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.1%
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 Bourke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11150/bourke/topic/language