5.4% ▲ +76.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bomaderry · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bomaderry
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people use a language other than English in Bomaderry compared to the rest of the country. While 5.4% of residents speak another tongue at home, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. English is the primary language for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken exclusively at home by 87.8% of residents. While the 5.4% who use another language is higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the New South Wales average of 26.6%. Only 0.6% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian figure of 3.4%.
0.6% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Bomaderry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10452/bomaderry/topic/language