3.1% ▲ +44.6%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
South Burnett · Council (LGA)
Language in South Burnett
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 3.1% of people in South Burnett use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure and makes the region one of the least linguistically diverse areas in the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 87.9% of residents, with very few people speaking Mandarin, Tagalog, Arabic or Vietnamese. This is reflected in the fact that only 0.4% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the Australian average.
0.4% ▲ +42.4%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 South Burnett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36630/south-burnett/topic/language