15.6% ▲ +29.2%
Higher than 51% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lilley · Federal Electorate
Language in Lilley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Lilley has a population where English is the primary language. While 15.6% of people use another language at home, the vast majority of the community speaks English only.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 15.6% of residents use another language at home, which is a little above the Queensland figure and has risen 3.5 percentage points since 2011. Despite this, only 1.6% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the state average.
1.6% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 53% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
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 Lilley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED319/lilley/topic/language