7.5% ▲ +26.2%
Lower than 63% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bunbury · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Bunbury
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people speak a language other than English in Bunbury compared to the rest of the state. Only 7.5% of residents use another language at home, which is well below the figures for Western Australia and the nation. This makes Bunbury much less linguistically diverse than most other areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 86.3% of residents, while other common languages include Italian, Mandarin, and Tagalog. Only 0.8% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and remains a little below the national average.
0.8% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Bunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50102/bunbury/topic/language