5.2% ▲ +41.1%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bundaberg · Council (LGA)
Language in Bundaberg
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Bundaberg, where 88.4% of people speak only English at home. While the number of people using other languages has risen to 5.2% since 2011, this remains far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.2% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well below the Queensland average. Despite this, the 0.9% who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas.
0.9% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Bundaberg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA31820/bundaberg/topic/language