Bookara · Suburb / Locality

Language in Bookara

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary language spoken in Bookara, where 81.9% of people use it exclusively at home. The area has a very low rate of multilingualism compared to the rest of the country, with only 3.4% of residents using a language other than English.

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📍 Bookara, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 3.4% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While 0.0% of the population speaks little or no English, this is actually higher than most similar areas.

3.4%

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 6.0%
  • 2021: 3.4%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

Language used at home

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In Bookara, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Bookara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50145/bookara/topic/language