4.8% ▲ +41.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bowen Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bowen Mountain
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge gap exists between Bowen Mountain and the rest of the country, with only 4.8% of people using a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it a place where English is the overwhelming primary language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 91.7% of residents speak only English, the 4.8% who use another language is actually higher than in most similar areas. Very few people struggle with English here, as only 0.6% speak little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
0.6% ▲ +225.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 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 Bowen Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10526/bowen-mountain/topic/language