Mundubbera · Urban Centre

Language in Mundubbera

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

Nearly one in four people in Mundubbera now use a language other than English at home. This is a striking shift for the town, as the proportion of people speaking other languages has jumped 21 percentage points since 2011.

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📍 Mundubbera, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 63.1% of residents speak only English, 24.1% use another language, which is far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. This diversity is reflected in the 4.4% who speak little or no English, a figure that has risen since 2016 and is now higher than the state average.

24.1% ▲ +812.4%

Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.6%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 24.1%

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

4.4% ▲ +3636.6%

Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.1%
  • 2021: 4.4%

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 Mundubbera, English only is the majority at 95%; Mandarin is next at 2%.

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 Mundubbera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315072/mundubbera/topic/language