5.8% —
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Noosa · Council (LGA)
Language in Noosa
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language use in Noosa has remained very stable over the last several years. English is the dominant tongue here, with only 5.8% of people speaking another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 88.5% of residents, and the number of people using other languages has barely changed since 2016. Only 0.3% of the population speak little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.
0.3% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 67% 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 Noosa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35740/noosa/topic/language