12.1% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bowgada · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Bowgada compared to the rest of the country. While 12.1% of residents use another language at home, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most of the population relies on English as their only home language.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 81.8% of the area. While 12.1% of people use another language at home—which is much higher than in most similar areas—no one in the community reported speaking little or no English.
12.1% —
Higher than 79% 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 Bowgada [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50166/bowgada/topic/language