Biggenden · Suburb / Locality

Language in Biggenden

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

Only 1.5% of people in Biggenden use a language other than English at home, which is lower than most similar areas. This makes the town far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Queensland and Australia.

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📍 Biggenden, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the only language used by 87.1% of residents. No one in the area reports speaking little or no English, a figure that is well below the national average of 3.4%.

1.5% ▼ -35.0%

Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 1.5%

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 Biggenden, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Biggenden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30248/biggenden/topic/language