88.9% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 90.0%
- 2016: 81.5%
- 2021: 88.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Boigu Island · Suburb / Locality
Language in Boigu Island
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost 89% of people use a language other than English at home, placing Boigu Island among the highest for this across similar areas. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%. It is a place where most residents speak a language other than English in their daily lives.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 7% of residents speak English only at home. This high use of other languages is consistent with the fact that 21.6% of people speak little or no English, which is far above the Queensland figure of 1.8%.
21.6% ▲ +266.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 Boigu Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30301/boigu-island/topic/language