20.7% —
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Boronia · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Boronia
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Boronia compared to the Victorian average. While 20.7% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the state figure of 27.6%. This proportion of the population has grown by 4.2 percentage points since 2016.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken at home by 74.7% of people, though Mandarin (4.2%) and Cantonese (2.1%) are the most common other languages. Only 3.3% of residents speak little or no English, which is about the same as the national figure.
3.3% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 Boronia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211011446/boronia/topic/language