7.8% ▲ +58.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bowral · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bowral
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 87.9% of people in Bowral. While this is far below the national figure, the area has a slightly higher proportion of people using other languages at home than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 7.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.6% speaking little or no English, a figure well below the New South Wales average.
0.6% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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 Bowral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10534/bowral/topic/language