8.4% ▲ +32.4%
Higher than 65% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bunbury · Urban Area
Language in Bunbury
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant way of communicating for the vast majority of people in Bunbury. While the number of people using other languages at home has risen to 8.4% since 2011, this is still far below the state and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 8.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, though this is higher than in most similar areas. Most people speak English only (85.7%), and the proportion who speak little or no English is just 0.8%, which is a little below the national figure.
0.8% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 58% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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/sua/5003/bunbury/topic/language