Borung · Suburb / Locality

Language in Borung

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

English is the primary way of communicating for almost everyone in Borung. Very few people here use another language at home, making it much more linguistically uniform than the state and national averages.

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📍 Borung, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is used in 88.1% of homes, while only 5.1% of residents speak another language. This is higher than most similar areas, but still far below the 22.3% national figure. Notably, no one in the area speaks little or no English.

5.1%

Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 5.1%

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 Borung, 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 Borung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20305/borung/topic/language