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Barooga · Urban Centre

Language in Barooga

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

Nearly 90% of people in Barooga speak only English at home. While the number of people using other languages has risen to 4.4% since 2011, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents use English as their only language to communicate.

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📍 Barooga, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Around 4.4% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the New South Wales average. Very few people speak little or no English, at just 0.7%, and this figure has barely changed since 2016.

People using another language at home

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4.4% ▲ +63.2%

Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.7% ▲ +54.2%

Higher than 73% of urban centre 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.

Language used at home

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In Barooga, English only is the majority at 97%; Punjabi is next at 1%.

English only 89.8% Punjabi 0.7% Arabic 0.6% Cantonese 0.5% Italian 0.4% Mandarin 0.3% Tagalog 0.2%

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 Barooga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115009/barooga/topic/language