Lake Boga · Suburb / Locality

Language in Lake Boga

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

English is the primary language for almost everyone in Lake Boga, where only 2.5% of people use another language at home. This is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, making it a very linguistically uniform area.

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📍 Lake Boga, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 87.5% of the community speaks only English, Italian is the most common other language at 1.6%. Notably, no one in the area reported speaking little or no English, which is well below the state and national figures.

2.5% ▼ -54.3%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.6%
  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 2021: 2.5%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 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 Lake Boga, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 2%.

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 Lake Boga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21427/lake-boga/topic/language