16.6% ▲ +84.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Googong · Suburb / Locality
Language in Googong
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 16.6% of people in Googong speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is well below the New South Wales and national figures, the community shows a mix of backgrounds, with English being the main language for 80.1% of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language here, though Punjabi is the most common second language at 2.4%. Only 1.2% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in similar areas but still well below the state average.
1.2% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Googong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11710/googong/topic/language