Boomer Bay · Suburb / Locality

Language in Boomer Bay

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

English is the dominant tongue in Boomer Bay, where 94% of residents speak only this language at home. This makes it a very linguistically uniform area compared to the rest of the country.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.3% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Similarly, no one in the area speaks little or no English, a result well below the Australian average of 3.4%.

4.3% ▲ +42.5%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.0%
  • 2016: 3.2%
  • 2021: 4.3%

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 Boomer Bay, 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 Boomer Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60062/boomer-bay/topic/language