8.2% ▲ +34.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
North Booval · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 8.2% of people in North Booval use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it a place where English is the dominant way people communicate.
English and the largest community languages.
While English is spoken by 86.7% of residents, 1.1% speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Other languages spoken in the area include Tagalog, Vietnamese, Cantonese, and Punjabi.
8.2% ▲ +34.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
1.1% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in North Booval [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32168/north-booval/topic/language