13.7% ▲ +33.5%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gold Coast · Council (LGA)
Language in Gold Coast
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 80.3% of people in the Gold Coast. While more people now speak a language other than English at home than in 2011, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the Australian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 13.7% of people use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas and rose since 2011. Despite this, only 1.6% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.6% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 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 Gold Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33430/gold-coast/topic/language