1.8% ▼ -46.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bartle Frere · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary tongue for 88.8% of people in Bartle Frere. This tiny community is much less linguistically diverse than most other areas, with very few residents speaking a language other than English at home.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 1.8% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Despite this, the area is considered higher than most similar places for the 0.0% of people who speak little or no English.
1.8% ▼ -46.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Bartle Frere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30178/bartle-frere/topic/language