2.8% ▲ +14.2%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gympie · Council (LGA)
Language in Gympie
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge gap exists between Gympie and the rest of the country, with only 2.8% of people using a language other than English at home. This is far below both the state and national figures, making it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 90.6% of the population, and the proportion of people using other languages has barely changed since 2011. Only 0.3% of residents speak little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%.
0.3% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) 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 Gympie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33620/gympie/topic/language