22.2% ▲ +34.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bowden · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bowden
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 69.7% of Bowden residents. This area is more linguistically diverse than most others, with over a fifth of the population speaking a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 22.2% of people use another language at home, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.8%. While Mandarin is the most common second language at 5.0%, only 2.7% of residents speak little or no English.
2.7% ▲ +37.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Bowden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40146/bowden/topic/language