22.2% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Booragoon · Suburb / Locality
Language in Booragoon
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in five people in Booragoon speak a language other than English at home. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it matches the national figure. The area has a diverse mix of residents, with Mandarin and Cantonese being the most common non-English languages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 22.2% of residents use another language at home, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 18.4%. This diversity is reflected in the 2.7% who speak little or no English, a rate that is much higher than most similar areas.
2.7% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 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 Booragoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50148/booragoon/topic/language