Barragga Bay · Suburb / Locality

Language in Barragga Bay

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

English remains the dominant tongue in Barragga Bay, with very few residents speaking other languages at home. Only 4.4% of people use a language other than English, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Barragga Bay, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Almost everyone here speaks only English, accounting for 97.8% of the population. While 4.4% use another language at home—mostly Italian at 3.3%—there are no residents who speak little or no English.

4.4%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 4.4%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Barragga Bay, English only is the majority at 97%; Italian is next at 3%.

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 Barragga Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10211/barragga-bay/topic/language