Gooburrum · Urban Centre

Language in Gooburrum

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

A tiny fraction of people in Gooburrum use a language other than English at home, making it far less diverse than the rest of the state. Only 0.7% of residents speak another language, a figure that has fallen since 2011.

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📍 Gooburrum, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is used by 98% of the community. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, and it is also well below the Australian average for people who speak little or no English, which sits at 0.0% here.

0.7% ▼ -75.7%

Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.0%
  • 2016: 3.8%
  • 2021: 0.7%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre 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 Gooburrum, 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 Gooburrum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321046/gooburrum/topic/language