Bourkelands, Wagga Wagga

What Bourkelands speaks at home

In Bourkelands, one in eight residents use a language other than English at home, according to the 2021 Census, led by Malayalam. Bourkelands' share is above Wagga Wagga, at 1.5 times the rate. That adds up to 24 languages across the suburb.

Residents
3,099
Speak another language
12.6%+131%
Languages spoken
24
Born overseas
13.9%

What's spoken at home in Bourkelands?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Malayalam
    150+233%
  2. 02
    Arabic
    42+121%
  3. 03
    Kurdish
    33
  4. 04
    Mandarin
    22+10.0%
  5. 05
    Punjabi
    21
  6. 06
    Filipino
    17+183%
  7. 07
    Afrikaans
    9-30.8%
  8. 08
    Bengali
    9
  9. 09
    Cantonese
    9-60.9%
  10. 10
    Russian
    8+100%

Which countries are Bourkelands' residents from?

Among residents born overseas, India leads.

  1. 01
    India
    126+168%
  2. 02
    England
    43+16.2%
  3. 03
    South Africa
    26+36.8%
  4. 04
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    24-17.2%
  5. 05
    Iraq
    24
  6. 06
    New Zealand
    22+29.4%
  7. 07
    Philippines
    22+214%
  8. 08
    Egypt
    14+40.0%
  9. 09
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    120%
  10. 10
    Zimbabwe
    11+37.5%

Is Bourkelands more multilingual than Australia as a whole?

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

Bourkelands
12.6%
Wagga Wagga
8.2%
Australia
21.3%

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

What religions are reported in Bourkelands?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    2,034-3.4%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    838+53.8%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    38+217%
  4. 04
    Islam
    19+138%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    13-18.8%

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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