5.3% ▲ +36.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Buddina · Suburb / Locality
Language in Buddina
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 5.3% of people in Buddina use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. While this is higher than in many similar areas, the vast majority of the community speaks only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 86.8% of residents, which is well below the Queensland and Australian averages for linguistic diversity. Only 0.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that sits slightly below the state and national levels.
0.7% ▲ +47.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Buddina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30407/buddina/topic/language