Boat Harbour · Suburb / Locality

Language in Boat Harbour

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

Roughly the same as similar areas, Boat Harbour is a place where almost everyone speaks English. Only 2.5% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Boat Harbour, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the only language spoken at home for 93.9% of the population. While the area is higher than most for people who speak little or no English, the actual figure is 0%, which is well below the New South Wales average.

2.5% ▼ -3.4%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 2.5%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Boat Harbour, English only is the majority at 100%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

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 Boat Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10424/boat-harbour/topic/language