1.7% ▲ +31.7%
Lower than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Barcaldine · Council (LGA)
Language in Barcaldine
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people use a language other than English at home in Barcaldine compared to the rest of the country. Only 1.7% of residents speak another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area one of the least linguistically diverse in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 87.5% of the population. Only 0.2% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 3.4% and has barely changed since 2016.
0.2% ▲ +67.6%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.1%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
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 Barcaldine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA30410/barcaldine/topic/language