Blackbutt · Suburb / Locality

Language in Blackbutt

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

English is the primary tongue for almost everyone in Blackbutt, where only 2.9% of people use another language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Queensland or Australia.

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📍 Blackbutt, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 89% of residents speak only English, which is far below the national figure. While a tiny number of people speak Punjabi or Tagalog, there are no residents who speak little or no English.

2.9% ▼ -17.8%

Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.5%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 2.9%

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 Blackbutt, English only is the majority at 99%; Punjabi is next at 0%.

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 Blackbutt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30272/blackbutt/topic/language