3.8% ▲ +163.3%
Lower than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
4487, QLD · Postcode
Language in 4487, QLD
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started using languages other than English at home in postcode 4487, with the figure rising 2.4 percentage points since 2011. Despite this growth, 85.2% of the area speaks only English, and the overall level of linguistic diversity remains far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 3.8% of people use another language at home, which is well below the Queensland figure of 13.2%. Very few residents struggle with English, as only 0.5% speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.5% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 4487, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4487/4487-qld/topic/language