8.6% ▲ +37.2%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bowen · Urban Centre
Language in Bowen
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people use a language other than English in Bowen compared to the rest of the country. While 8.6% of residents speak another language at home, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 81.2% of residents. Although the use of other languages rose by 2.3 points since 2011, the 1.7% who speak little or no English is still much higher than in most similar areas.
1.7% ▼ -51.5%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Bowen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314006/bowen/topic/language