82.1% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 89.6%
- 2016: 88.4%
- 2021: 82.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Badu Island · Suburb / Locality
Language in Badu Island
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 82.1% of people in Badu Island speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level. Only 8.5% of residents use English as their only language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Language diversity is very high here, and this helps explain why 20.7% of residents speak little or no English. This figure is far above the 3.4% seen across Australia.
20.7% ▲ +32.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 20.7%
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 Badu Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30113/badu-island/topic/language