10.4% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Boorabbin · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language patterns in Boorabbin have remained very stable since 2011. While 10.4% of people use a language other than English at home, this is much higher than in most similar areas.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 29.2% of the community. Although 10.4% use another language at home, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
10.4% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% 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 Boorabbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50147/boorabbin/topic/language