2.8% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Budgewoi · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Budgewoi sits around the middle of similar areas for its level of language diversity. English is the dominant language here, with only 2.8% of people using another language at home, a figure far below both the state and national levels.
English and the largest community languages.
About 89.5% of residents speak only English, meaning the 2.8% who use another language is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. Despite this, the 0.4% of people who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas.
2.8% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.4% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 66% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Budgewoi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10639/budgewoi/topic/language