1.9% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bookpurnong · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bookpurnong
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken by nearly 95% of people in Bookpurnong, making it an area with very little linguistic diversity. Only 1.9% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 94.9% of residents, with Punjabi spoken by 1.9%. This means far fewer people use another language at home compared to the South Australian average of 17.8%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 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.
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 Bookpurnong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40136/bookpurnong/topic/language