6.0% ▲ +31.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Boya · Suburb / Locality
Language in Boya
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Boya compared to the rest of the country. While 90.4% of residents speak only English, the area is slightly more diverse than most similar small communities.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 6% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This means very few residents struggle with English, with only 0.6% saying they speak little or no English.
0.6% ▲ +28.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Boya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50168/boya/topic/language