8.9% ▲ +55.7%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Thornlands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Thornlands
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Thornlands than is typical across the country. While the proportion of people using another language at home has risen to 8.9%, this remains far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents use only English in their daily lives.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 88.3% of residents, while Punjabi and Mandarin are the next most common languages. Very few people struggle with English here; only 0.9% speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
0.9% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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 Thornlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/301021012/thornlands/topic/language