Bingil Bay · Urban Centre

Language in Bingil Bay

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

English is the primary language for 88% of people in Bingil Bay (L), making it the dominant tongue spoken at home. While more people here use a second language than in most similar areas, this is still far below the national figure.

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📍 Bingil Bay, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.4% of residents speak another language at home, a figure that fell 6.2 points since 2011 and remains well below the Queensland average. No one in the area speaks little or no English, which is lower than both the state and national figures.

4.4% ▼ -58.6%

Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 10.5%
  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 2021: 4.4%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Bingil Bay, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian 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 Bingil Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322015/bingil-bay/topic/language