3.9% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Burnett · State Electorate
Language in Burnett
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Among the lowest in its class for diversity, Burnett is an area where very few people speak a language other than English. Only 3.9% of the population used another language at home in 2021, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 89.1% of residents, and the proportion of people using another language at home has fallen since 2011. This is consistent with the fact that very few people here speak little or no English, at just 0.6%.
0.6% ▼ -48.9%
Lower than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Burnett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30013/burnett/topic/language