Lower Boro · Suburb / Locality

Language in Lower Boro

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

More people in Lower Boro speak a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 7.4% of residents use another language, this is still far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Most people here speak only English.

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📍 Lower Boro, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 88.5% of the population, while Arabic is spoken by 4.1%. Despite the diversity, no one in the area speaks little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%.

7.4% ▲ +202.3%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 8.5%
  • 2021: 7.4%

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 Lower Boro, English only is the majority at 96%; Arabic is next at 4%.

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 Lower Boro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12411/lower-boro/topic/language