63.5% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.4%
- 2016: 64.2%
- 2021: 63.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bossley Park · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bossley Park
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Daily life in Bossley Park is shaped by a rich mix of cultures, with 63.5% of people speaking a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%. It is one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 29.9% of residents, while Arabic is the next most common at 10.5%. This high level of diversity is consistent with the fact that 16.7% of people speak little or no English, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
16.7% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Bossley Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10513/bossley-park/topic/language