12.4% ▲ +21.6%
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bulimba · State Electorate
Language in Bulimba
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 83.9% of people in Bulimba. While the number of residents speaking another language at home has risen to 12.4% since 2011, this is still well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English only is the most common language used at home, with Mandarin (1.2%) and Italian (0.6%) being the next most spoken. Very few people here speak little or no English, at just 1.1%, which is lower than most areas.
1.1% ▼ -43.6%
Lower than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Bulimba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30008/bulimba/topic/language