5.8% ▲ +42.3%
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Burdekin · State Electorate
Language in Burdekin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 80% of people in Burdekin speak only English at home, making it an area where few people use other languages. While the number of people using another language has risen to 5.8% since 2011, this remains far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well below the Queensland figure of 13.2%. This is reflected in the low number of people who speak little or no English, at just 0.8%.
0.8% ▼ -26.5%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 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 Burdekin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30011/burdekin/topic/language