12.2% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
4170, QLD · Postcode
Language in 4170, QLD
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people speak a language other than English in postcode 4170 compared to the national figure. While 12.2% of residents use another language at home, this is roughly 10 percentage points below the Australian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83.6% of the area, though the share of people using other languages rose 2.0 percentage points since 2011. Very few people struggle with English, as only 1.1% speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
1.1% ▼ -28.5%
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 4170, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4170/4170-qld/topic/language