Boronia, Knox

What Boronia speaks at home

The 2021 Census found 4,600 people in Boronia, part of Knox, speaking a language other than English at home. Cantonese comes next. Victoria has a higher share than Boronia. For the wider picture, Knox has a page of its own.

Residents
23,289
Speak another language
19.8%+36.3%
Languages spoken
73
Born overseas
25.0%

What's spoken at home in Boronia?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    992+81.4%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    487+33.8%
  3. 03
    Sinhalese
    323+70.0%
  4. 04
    Gujarati
    194+45.9%
  5. 05
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    175+133%
  6. 06
    Hindi
    166+27.7%
  7. 07
    German
    161-24.4%
  8. 08
    Spanish
    142+31.5%
  9. 09
    Punjabi
    137+14.2%
  10. 10
    Korean
    122+41.9%

Where were Boronia's residents born?

England is the most common overseas birthplace.

  1. 01
    England
    962-5.2%
  2. 02
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    798+63.5%
  3. 03
    India
    635+32.8%
  4. 04
    Sri Lanka
    413+82.7%
  5. 05
    Malaysia
    310+61.5%
  6. 06
    New Zealand
    295-1.3%
  7. 07
    Germany
    197-14.7%
  8. 08
    Philippines
    177+32.1%
  9. 09
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    162+20.0%
  10. 10
    Iran
    137+75.6%

Is Boronia more multilingual than Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is close to the figure for Australia as a whole.

Boronia
19.8%
Victoria
26.6%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What's Boronia's religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    11,200+28.5%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    8,729-13.4%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    804+62.4%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    671+38.6%
  5. 05
    Islam
    257+57.7%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    9-25.0%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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Boronia is part of Knox, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.