9.7% ▼ -43.5%
Lower than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Burleigh · State Electorate
Language in Burleigh
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue for the vast majority of people in Burleigh. Only 9.7% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Very few people here speak little or no English, at just 1.1%. This is lower than most areas, and the proportion of people using a language other than English has fallen since 2011.
1.1% ▼ -63.5%
Lower than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 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 Burleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30012/burleigh/topic/language