8.1% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Burleigh Waters · Suburb / Locality
Language in Burleigh Waters
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Burleigh Waters, where only 8.1% of people use another tongue at home. This figure is well below the Queensland and national averages, meaning the area is much less linguistically diverse than most parts of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is spoken by 87.9% of the population, about 8.1% of residents use another language, which is higher than most similar areas. Only 1% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland average.
1.0% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
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 Burleigh Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30446/burleigh-waters/topic/language