8.0% ▲ +38.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bowen · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bowen
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 8% of people in Bowen use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. While this is higher than in most similar areas, the town is overwhelmingly English-speaking. This makes the community much less linguistically diverse than the typical Australian suburb.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home by 81.8% of residents. While very few people speak little or no English (1.6%), this is much higher than in most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland figure.
1.6% ▼ -36.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Bowen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30342/bowen/topic/language