1.6% ▲ +18.8%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Barcaldine - Blackall · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Barcaldine - Blackall
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 1.6% of people in Barcaldine - Blackall use a language other than English at home, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This makes the region far less linguistically diverse than Queensland and the rest of Australia. English is the dominant language used across the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 88.8% of residents, and the 1.6% who speak another language is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This trend is consistent with the fact that almost everyone speaks English well, as only 0.1% of people speak little or no English.
0.1% ▲ +50.7%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.1%
- 2021: 0.1%
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 - Blackall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315031408/barcaldine-blackall/topic/language