8.3% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Boosey · Suburb / Locality
Language in Boosey
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Boosey, where nearly 80% of the population speaks only this language. While a small minority use other languages, the area has a higher proportion of non-English speakers than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 8.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. However, the 2.8% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.8% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Boosey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20301/boosey/topic/language