Afrikaans
14 speakers
Between the last two censuses it has grown by more than a quarter.
Barcaldine, Queensland
Which languages are spoken in Barcaldine?
Barcaldine is overwhelmingly English-speaking: at the 2021 Census, 27 people used another language at home, most often Afrikaans. No language other than English reaches one in 100 residents. Barcaldine sits near the foot of the diversity index, at 489th. The count of other-language speakers has eased since 2016.
- Residents
- 2,835
- Speak another language
- 27
- Languages at home
- 8
- Change since 2016
- −47.1%
Which communities in Barcaldine speak another language at home?
Afrikaans leads a short list of small communities.
Is Barcaldine typical of Australia as a whole?
Barcaldine's share is well under the national share. 18 councils in Queensland have a lower share.
- Barcaldine
- 1.0%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Queensland
- 12.2%
Same method throughout, so the gap between the bars is the real gap.
How even is Barcaldine from suburb to suburb?
Suburb pages list every language counted in that suburb.
- BarcaldineLed by Afrikaans2%24
- AlphaLed by Mandarin1%3
- Muttaburra0%0
- Jericho (Qld)0%0
- Aramac0%0
- The larger figure is each suburb's share speaking a language other than English; the smaller is people. 5 suburbs listed.
ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021: language used at home, by Statistical Area Level 2, rolled up to Local Government Area. Change is measured from 2016.
Blank answers matter here. 313 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 1.0%. Count them in and it's 12.0%; drop them from the base and it's 1.1%.
Figures for Barcaldine itself aren't affected by the small gap between summed suburbs and ABS national totals. Unnamed ABS categories are in every total and out of every ranked list.
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