3.6% ▲ +47.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gooburrum · Suburb / Locality
Language in Gooburrum
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for almost everyone in Gooburrum, where only 3.6% of people speak another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, meaning very few residents rely on translation or multilingual services in their daily lives.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is dominant, 1.6% of the population speaks little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas. Other languages spoken in the community include Vietnamese, Punjabi, and Italian, though these are each spoken by very few people.
1.6% ▲ +691.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Gooburrum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31183/gooburrum/topic/language