Barongarook · Suburb / Locality

Language in Barongarook

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

English is the primary way of communicating in Barongarook, where almost everyone speaks only this language. Very few residents use a foreign tongue at home, making it far less linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 2% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While 94.3% of the population speaks only English, no residents reported speaking little or no English.

2.0% ▲ +52.0%

Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.3%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 2.0%

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 Barongarook, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Barongarook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20149/barongarook/topic/language