South Burnett, Queensland

Languages other than English in South Burnett

Mandarin is the most common language after English in South Burnett, though only one in 45 residents speak anything other than English at home, the 2021 Census found. Only a small margin separates Filipino from the leader. The national share is more than twice as high as South Burnett's.

Residents: 32,493
Speak another language: 741
Languages at home: 47
Change since 2016: +35.2%

What languages besides English do people speak in South Burnett?

Small as they are, Mandarin, Filipino and Tagalog are the largest.

Mandarin

71 speakers

The community has more than tripled since 2016.

Filipino

70 speakers

Spoken at home by 0.2 per cent of residents.

Tagalog

70 speakers

It has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.

Where does South Burnett sit against Brisbane?

The share for Brisbane is more than twice as high as South Burnett's. In the Queensland table, South Burnett is 45th of 77.

South Burnett: 2.3%
Brisbane: 22.8%
Australia: 21.3%

Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.

Find South Burnett on the diversity index.

Do South Burnett's suburbs differ much?

No suburb stands far apart; Kingaroy is highest and Wattle Camp lowest.

Every suburb here has a page of its own.

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 11.3% for South Burnett. That figure treats the 2,934 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 2.3%, and 2.5% is the share among those who answered.

Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.

Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.

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