2.7% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Boreen Point · Urban Centre
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Fewer people have used a language other than English at home in Boreen Point since 2011, with the share falling to 2.7%. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, and the vast majority of residents speak only English.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 2.7% of residents use another language at home, which is much lower than most areas and fell by 1.9 percentage points since 2011. No one in the area speaks little or no English, a figure well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
2.7% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Boreen Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322019/boreen-point/topic/language