13.2% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gowan · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A higher share of people in Gowan now speak a language other than English at home compared to similar areas. While 13.2% of residents use another language, this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%. Despite this, the area remains overwhelmingly English-speaking.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 84.2% of residents. While some people use other languages, 0.0% of the population speak little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
13.2% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% 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 Gowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11733/gowan/topic/language