7.9% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
4872, QLD · Postcode
Language in 4872, QLD
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Fewer people have spoken a language other than English at home in postcode 4872 since 2011. While 7.9% of residents now use another language, this is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. English remains the dominant tongue for the vast majority of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 80.7% of people speak only English, while those using another language at home—most commonly Italian at 2.2%—account for 7.9% of the area. Very few residents, just 0.9%, speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure.
0.9% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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 4872, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4872/4872-qld/topic/language