3.5% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Booragul · Suburb / Locality
Language in Booragul
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Booragul is a place where most people speak only English. Just 3.5% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 85% of the population. While 0.6% of people speak little or no English, this is higher than most similar areas despite being well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
0.6% ▲ +18.4%
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 Booragul [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10493/booragul/topic/language