7.9% ▲ +31.8%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Townsville · Council (LGA)
Language in Townsville
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary tongue for 83.9% of people in Townsville. While the number of residents speaking other languages has risen since 2011, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 7.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. Very few residents struggle with English, as only 0.9% speak little or no English.
0.9% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Townsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37010/townsville/topic/language