14.1% —
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cairns · Council (LGA)
Language in Cairns
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Cairns than in most similar areas. While 14.1% of the population uses another language at home, this figure is well below the national average of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English (76.8%), though Mandarin, Punjabi, Italian and Tagalog are also spoken. About 1.8% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas but about the same as the Queensland figure.
1.8% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Cairns [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32080/cairns/topic/language