11.0% ▲ +241.0%
Lower than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Broadwater · State Electorate
Language in Broadwater
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 82.9% of residents in Broadwater. While most people speak only English, the number of people using another language at home has jumped from 3.2% in 2011 to 11.0% in 2021.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using a language other than English is far below the national figure, though 1.4% of the community now speak little or no English. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 2.0%.
1.4% ▲ +263.7%
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Broadwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30006/broadwater/topic/language