10.7% ▲ +159.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Birtinya · Suburb / Locality
Language in Birtinya
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 83.1% of people in Birtinya. While this is the dominant tongue, a higher proportion of residents use another language at home compared to most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 10.7% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 0.9% of residents speak little or no English, a rate that is about the same as the Queensland figure.
0.9% ▲ +39.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Birtinya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30264/birtinya/topic/language