South Bunbury - Bunbury · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in South Bunbury - Bunbury

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

Fewer people have spoken a language other than English at home in South Bunbury - Bunbury since 2011. This shift has left the area far less linguistically diverse than the national average, with 86.1% of residents using only English.

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📍 South Bunbury - Bunbury, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 8.5% of people use another language at home, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen since 2016. English is dominant, while the most common other languages are Italian, Mandarin, Arabic, and Tagalog. Very few residents speak little or no English, at just 0.7%.

8.5%

Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 9.7%
  • 2021: 8.5%

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

0.7% ▼ -36.0%

Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 0.7%

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 Bunbury - Bunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/501021253/south-bunbury-bunbury/topic/language