7.1% —
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tweed Heads South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Tweed Heads South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Tweed Heads South, where very few people need translation services for daily life. Only 7.1% of residents speak another language at home, a figure far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 87.0% of the community, while those using another language at home are much less common here than in most other areas. This is consistent with the fact that only 0.8% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.8% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112031552/tweed-heads-south/topic/language