82.1% ▲ +5359.8%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 82.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Badu Island · Urban Centre
Language in Badu Island
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 82.1% of people on Badu Island use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a community where traditional or diverse languages are deeply integrated into daily life, marking a huge shift from previous years.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The number of people using another language at home rose 81 percentage points since 2011 to 82.1%. This is far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%, and 20.7% of residents speak little or no English, which is also much higher than the state and national averages.
20.7% ▲ +1711.8%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 20.7%
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 Badu Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321006/badu-island/topic/language