Gilgai · Suburb / Locality

Language in Gilgai

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

Almost everyone in Gilgai speaks only English at home, making it far less linguistically diverse than most of the country. Very few residents use another language, with only 0.4% of the population doing so.

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📍 Gilgai, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 86.5% of people here. This is far below the national figure of 22.3% for other languages, though a tiny number of residents speak Punjabi.

0.4% ▼ -52.4%

Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.9%
  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Gilgai, English only is the majority at 99%; Punjabi is next at 1%.

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 Gilgai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11622/gilgai/topic/language