7.6% ▲ +45.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Buronga · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A higher share of people use a language other than English at home in Buronga than in most similar areas. While 7.6% of residents speak another language, this is still far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83.2% of residents, though some speak Italian, Greek or Punjabi. Despite being higher than similar areas, only 1.0% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales figure.
7.6% ▲ +45.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
1.0% ▲ +29.1%
Higher than 75% 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 Buronga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10693/buronga/topic/language