Mandarin
390 speakers
About 0.4 per cent of all residents.
Bundaberg, Queensland
Languages spoken in Bundaberg
Only one in 25 residents in Bundaberg speak a language other than English at home, the 2021 Census shows. Mandarin is the one heard most. Not one of them is spoken by as many as one in 100 people. In Brisbane, a language other than English is at least twice as common.
- Residents
- 98,088
- Speak another language
- 4,059
- Languages at home
- 81
- Change since 2016
- +31.1%
What languages besides English do people speak in Bundaberg?
The largest communities are small, but they're here: Mandarin, Vietnamese and Malayalam.
Vietnamese
222 speakers
Between the last two censuses it has grown by about three quarters.
Malayalam
214 speakers
It has grown by about three quarters since 2016.
How does Bundaberg compare with Australia as a whole?
The national share is more than twice as high as Bundaberg's. Within Queensland, Bundaberg ranks 30th of 77.
- Bundaberg
- 4.1%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Brisbane
- 22.8%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.
Compare Bundaberg with every council on the diversity index.
Do Bundaberg's suburbs differ much?
No suburb stands far apart; Ashfield is highest and North Isis lowest.
The suburb names link through to their own figures.
- Ashfield (Qld)Led by Mandarin18%210
- Bundaberg CentralLed by Korean15%22
- Bundaberg WestLed by Mandarin13%318
- Bundaberg SouthLed by Mandarin11%373
- Elliott (Qld)Led by Italian9%14
- MonduranLed by German8%26
- AllowayLed by Italian8%37
- KalkieLed by Afrikaans7%213
- Coral CoveLed by Afrikaans6%87
- WoongarraLed by Thai5%41
- ThabebanLed by Filipino5%154
- CalavosLed by Italian5%16
- BargaraLed by Afrikaans5%438
- Bundaberg EastLed by Mandarin5%133
- Kensington (Qld)Led by Fijian5%34
- Millbank (Qld)Led by Punjabi5%112
- Elliott HeadsLed by Malay5%54
- Eureka (Qld)Led by Spanish4%21
- Childers (Qld)Led by Samoan4%68
- South KolanLed by Bislama4%51
- Lake MonduranLed by Afrikaans4%12
- BranyanLed by Filipino4%178
- Bundaberg NorthLed by Mandarin4%199
- Innes ParkLed by Afrikaans4%94
- KepnockLed by Mandarin3%149
- MoolboolamanLed by Spanish3%21
- Gin Gin (Qld)Led by Tongan3%30
- NorvilleLed by Nepali3%79
- Avenell HeightsLed by Italian3%151
- GooburrumLed by Thai3%45
- Svensson HeightsLed by Italian3%94
- Avondale (Qld)Led by Auslan3%20
- TirroanLed by French3%8
- Avoca (Qld)Led by Vietnamese3%127
- Buxton (Qld)Led by Bisaya3%13
- Moore Park BeachLed by French3%72
- WalkervaleLed by Vietnamese2%73
- Moorland (Qld)Led by Dutch2%7
- Oakwood (Qld)Led by Dutch2%9
- DelanLed by Dutch2%8
- QunabaLed by German2%15
- Bucca (Qld)Led by German2%25
- Pine Creek (Qld)Led by Auslan2%8
- WallavilleLed by Tongan2%7
- BullyardLed by Italian2%10
- Burnett HeadsLed by French2%54
- RedridgeLed by Maori (New Zealand)2%13
- South BingeraLed by Thai2%12
- Apple Tree CreekLed by Thai2%10
- South IsisLed by Dutch2%7
- RubyannaLed by Punjabi2%4
- WatalganLed by Thai1%6
- CoonarrLed by Hungarian1%3
- WoodgateLed by Italian1%19
- BungadooLed by Punjabi1%4
- MeadowvaleLed by Afrikaans1%5
- CordalbaLed by German1%4
- SharonLed by Thai1%12
- YandaranLed by Finnish1%5
- Horse CampLed by Indonesian1%5
- McIlwraithLed by Tongan1%3
- FairymeadLed by Maltese1%4
- North GregoryLed by German1%3
- HortonLed by German1%4
- Isis CentralLed by Afrikaans1%3
- North IsisLed by Afrikaans1%3
- Booyal0%0
- Good Night0%0
- Dalysford0%0
- Mon Repos0%0
- 70 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
Figures come from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021 (language used at home), aggregated from Statistical Area Level 2 to Local Government Area, with 2016 for comparison.
Other sources sometimes quote 10.6% for Bundaberg. That figure treats the 6,338 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 4.1%, and 4.4% is the share among those who answered.
National totals here run slightly under ABS published figures, because summing suburbs misses people without a usual address. Broad ABS categories count in the totals but not in the ranked lists.
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