5.2% ▲ +40.0%
Lower than 69% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Busselton · Urban Area
Language in Busselton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
An increasing number of people speak a language other than English in Busselton, with the figure rising to 5.2% since 2011. While this is a growth, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and the nation.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.2% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. English is the main language for 89% of people, and very few residents—just 0.5%—speak little or no English.
0.5% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Busselton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/5004/busselton/topic/language