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North Burnett · Council (LGA)

Language in North Burnett

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Around the middle for its level, North Burnett has a linguistic profile where very few people use a language other than English. Only 5.5% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 North Burnett, Council (LGA)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the dominant language for 84.0% of people. While the proportion of residents using another language rose 2.4 percentage points since 2011 to reach 5.5%, this remains well below the Queensland average of 13.2%.

People using another language at home

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5.5% ▲ +79.8%

Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.9% ▼ -13.1%

Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In North Burnett, English only is the majority at 99%; Tagalog is next at 0%.

English only 84.0% Tagalog 0.3% Mandarin 0.2% Arabic 0.2% Vietnamese 0.1% Italian 0.1% Hindi 0.0% Cantonese 0.0%

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 North Burnett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35760/north-burnett/topic/language