7.5% ▲ +25.1%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wynnum · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Wynnum
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Wynnum, where only 7.5% of residents speak another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making the area much less linguistically diverse than most of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home rose slightly to 7.5% since 2011, though this remains well below the Queensland average. English is used by 88.2% of residents, and very few people—just 0.6%—speak little or no English.
0.6% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 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 Wynnum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/301031020/wynnum/topic/language