12.9% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bombeeta · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bombeeta
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Daily life in Bombeeta involves a greater variety of languages spoken at home than in most similar areas. While English is the main language, nearly 13% of the population speaks another tongue, with Punjabi being a notable presence in the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 77.6% of residents, but 12.9% speak another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is reflected in the 9.5% who speak Punjabi, and the 3.4% who speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the Queensland average.
3.4% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 Bombeeta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30306/bombeeta/topic/language