6.8% ▲ +49.1%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tweed Heads · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Tweed Heads
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Tweed Heads compared to most other areas. Only 6.8% of residents speak another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the dominant language for 84.7% of residents, with others including Italian, Punjabi and Mandarin at 0.3% each. While the proportion of people using another language rose 2.2 points since 2011, those who speak little or no English remain well below the state average at just 0.6%.
0.6% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Tweed Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112031254/tweed-heads/topic/language