10.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Birdsville · Suburb / Locality
Language in Birdsville
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 76.4% of people in Birdsville. While this is a high proportion, the area is still much more linguistically diverse than most similar small towns, with a small number of residents using other languages at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 10% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though still far below the national figure of 22.3%. Despite this, no one in the community reports speaking little or no English.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 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.
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 Birdsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30259/birdsville/topic/language