Bookaar · Suburb / Locality

Language in Bookaar

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

Around the middle of similar areas for language diversity, Bookaar is a place where most residents speak only English. While 2.5% of people use a language other than English at home, this is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia.

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📍 Bookaar, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 91.2% of the population, with Arabic spoken by 2.5%. Notably, no one in the area speaks little or no English, which is well below the national figure.

2.5% ▲ —

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 2.5%

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 Bookaar, English only is the majority at 97%; Arabic is next at 3%.

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 Bookaar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20285/bookaar/topic/language