Bowen, Whitsunday
Languages spoken in Bowen
The 2021 Census found one in 14 residents in Bowen speaking a language other than English at home, led by Mandarin. None of those languages reaches one in 100 people. The share speaking another language is 1.2 times the figure for Whitsunday.
- Residents
- 11,098
- Speak another language
- 6.9%+11.6%
- Languages spoken
- 39
- Born overseas
- 13.0%
Which languages other than English are spoken in Bowen?
Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
- 01Mandarin100-33.8%
- 02Tongan98+109%
- 03Vietnamese66+73.7%
- 04Bislama49
- 05Korean39-65.8%
- 06Thai34+41.7%
- 07Tagalog26-7.1%
- 08Spanish25
- 09Filipino23+109%
- 10French22+4.8%
Where does Bowen sit against Australia as a whole?
Bowen's share is below Australia as a whole.
- Bowen
- 6.9%
- Whitsunday
- 5.8%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
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