21.3% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Blackbutt · Suburb / Locality
Language in Blackbutt
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in five people in Blackbutt now use a language other than English at home, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas. While English remains the dominant tongue for 75% of the community, the area shows a notable level of linguistic variety.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 21.3% of residents speak another language at home, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This diversity is reflected in the 3.4% of people who speak little or no English, a proportion much higher than in most similar areas.
3.4% ▲ +30.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 Blackbutt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10390/blackbutt/topic/language