Blackbutt · Urban Centre

Language in Blackbutt

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

Language patterns in Blackbutt (L) have remained almost completely steady since 2011. English is the dominant tongue here, with very few residents using another language at home compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Blackbutt, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 3.1% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the national 22.3%. This is consistent with the fact that 0.0% of residents speak little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.

3.1% ▼ -1.4%

Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 3.1%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Blackbutt, English only is the majority at 99%; Punjabi is next at 1%.

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 Blackbutt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321016/blackbutt/topic/language