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Boambee · Suburb / Locality

Language in Boambee

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

More people in Boambee speak a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 89.9% of the community speaks only English, about 5.9% use another language, though this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Boambee, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the dominant tongue here, but Punjabi is the most common second language at 1.5%. Very few people speak little or no English (0.4%), a figure that is well below the national average of 3.4% but higher than in most similar areas.

People using another language at home

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5.9% ▲ +17.5%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.4% ▼ -56.0%

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Boambee, English only is the majority at 97%; Punjabi is next at 2%.

English only 89.9% Punjabi 1.5% Italian 0.7% Mandarin 0.5% Tagalog 0.3%

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 Boambee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10420/boambee/topic/language