3.8% ▲ +22.3%
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wide Bay · Federal Electorate
Language in Wide Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 3.8% of people in Wide Bay speak a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes it one of the least linguistically diverse areas in the country. The proportion of people using other languages has barely changed since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 89.4% of residents. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.3% speaking little or no English, a figure well below both the Queensland and Australian averages.
0.3% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Wide Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED329/wide-bay/topic/language