Burnett Heads · Urban Centre

Language in Burnett Heads

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is spoken by 92% of people at home in Burnett Heads, making it far less linguistically diverse than most of the country. Only 3.2% of residents use a language other than English, a figure that has fallen since 2011.

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📍 Burnett Heads, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

The proportion of people using another language at home is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While 0.5% of residents speak little or no English, this is higher than in most similar areas.

3.2% ▼ -35.1%

Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.9%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 3.2%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.5% ▲ +343.3%

Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.1%
  • 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.

Language used at home

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In Burnett Heads, English only is the majority at 99%; Vietnamese is next at 0%.

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 Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315010/burnett-heads/topic/language