4.2% ▲ +39.3%
Lower than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
4717, QLD · Postcode
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A slight rise in the number of people using other languages has occurred in postcode 4717 since 2011. English remains the dominant tongue here, with only 4.2% of the population speaking another language at home, a figure far below the national average.
English and the largest community languages.
While English is spoken by 79.6% of residents, the use of other languages rose 1.2 percentage points since 2011. Very few people speak little or no English at 0.4%, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.
4.2% ▲ +39.3%
Lower than 56% of postcode areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.4% ▼ -41.4%
Lower than 56% of postcode areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in 4717, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4717/4717-qld/topic/language