5.7% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Poowong East · Suburb / Locality
Language in Poowong East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge gap exists between Poowong East and the rest of the country, with only 5.7% of people using a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%. The area is overwhelmingly English-speaking, though this level of linguistic diversity is still higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken at home by 93.2% of residents. While 5.7% use another language, which is higher than most similar areas, no one in the community speaks little or no English.
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.
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 Poowong East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22099/poowong-east/topic/language