3.6% ▲ +29.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
South Bowenfels · Suburb / Locality
Language in South Bowenfels
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 92.2% of people in South Bowenfels, making it far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state. Only 3.6% of residents use another language at home, which is a much lower figure than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While very few people use other languages, the 0.2% who speak little or no English is actually higher than most similar areas. Other languages spoken in the community include Italian and Tagalog, each at 0.4%.
0.2% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 South Bowenfels [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13594/south-bowenfels/topic/language