21.0% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bundaberg Central · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bundaberg Central
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher language diversity than most similar areas defines Bundaberg Central, where 21% of people speak a language other than English at home. While this is slightly below the national figure, it is well above the Queensland average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 21% of residents use a language other than English, with 9.9% speaking little or no English—a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. English is the only language for 59.9% of the population, followed by Italian at 2.5%.
9.9% ▲ +35.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Bundaberg Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30420/bundaberg-central/topic/language