28.7% ▲ +22.1%
Higher than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Boroondara · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Boroondara
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingualism is a key part of daily life in Boroondara, where nearly 29% of people speak a language other than English at home. This is well above the national figure, reflecting a diverse community that has grown even more linguistically varied over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 28.7% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure that rose 5.2 percentage points since 2011. While Mandarin is the most common second language at 10.4%, about 4.1% of the population speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most other areas.
4.1% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Boroondara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20701/boroondara/topic/language