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Charters Towers · Council (LGA)

Language in Charters Towers

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary language for the vast majority of people in Charters Towers, where 84.4% speak it exclusively. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and the nation.

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📍 Charters Towers, Council (LGA)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 2.5% of residents use another language at home, a figure that is far below the national average of 22.3% and has barely changed since 2011. This is consistent with the fact that only 0.1% of people here speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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2.5% ▲ +25.8%

Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.1% ▼ -6.0%

Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Charters Towers, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

English only 84.4% Mandarin 0.2% Vietnamese 0.2% Tagalog 0.2% Cantonese 0.1% Italian 0.1% Punjabi 0.1% Hindi 0.0%

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 Charters Towers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32310/charters-towers/topic/language