4.9% ▲ +47.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Boolaroo · Suburb / Locality
Language in Boolaroo
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 90.5% of people in Boolaroo. While a small number of residents use other languages at home, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the New South Wales and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 4.9% of people use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas, though still far below the national figure of 22.3%. Very few people speak little or no English, at just 0.2%.
0.2% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Boolaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10480/boolaroo/topic/language