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Bourke · Suburb / Locality

Language in Bourke

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

English is the dominant language used in daily life across Bourke, where 77.7% of people speak only English at home. While this is far below the national figure, the area has a slightly higher proportion of people speaking other languages than most similar areas.

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📍 Bourke, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the New South Wales average of 26.6%. Despite this, the area has a higher rate of people speaking little or no English than most similar places, though it remains well below the national figure of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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5.0% ▲ +224.7%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Bourke, English only is the majority at 99%; Greek is next at 0%.

English only 77.7% Greek 0.2% Tagalog 0.2% Mandarin 0.2%

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 Bourke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10520/bourke/topic/language