3.4% ▲ +54.3%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Queenscliffe · Council (LGA)
Language in Queenscliffe
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 3.4% of people in Queenscliffe use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area one of the most linguistically uniform in the region. The vast majority of residents speak only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 89.8% of residents, and the number of people who speak little or no English is very low at 0.3%. While the use of other languages rose slightly since 2011, the area remains well below the state and national averages for linguistic diversity.
0.3% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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 Queenscliffe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26080/queenscliffe/topic/language