Gunbower · Suburb / Locality

Language in Gunbower

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

English is the dominant tongue for almost everyone in Gunbower, where very few residents use a different language at home. Only 2.2% of people speak a language other than English, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Gunbower, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 87.0% of people at home, and those who do use another language typically speak Mandarin. While no one here speaks little or no English, this is still well below the 3.4% national average.

2.2% ▼ -1.6%

Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 0.7%
  • 2021: 2.2%

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 Gunbower, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

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 Gunbower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21117/gunbower/topic/language