10.0% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bunbury · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bunbury
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Bunbury, where only 10% of people use another language at home. This makes the area much more English-speaking than most similar places, though it sits far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is used by 83.6% of residents, this area has a higher proportion of people speaking other languages than most similar areas. This includes small groups speaking Italian, Mandarin, Tagalog and Arabic, though only 0.8% of residents speak little or no English.
0.8% ▼ -31.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Bunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50210/bunbury/topic/language