6.4% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Burdekin · Council (LGA)
Language in Burdekin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Very little has changed in the way people speak at home in Burdekin since 2011. English remains the dominant language for the vast majority of residents, with only 6.4% of the population using another language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 84.7% of the community, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While 1.0% of people speak little or no English, this is higher than most similar areas.
1.0% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Burdekin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA31900/burdekin/topic/language