8.9% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Stanthorpe · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Stanthorpe
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 8.9% of people in Stanthorpe use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia and Queensland.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 84.1% of residents, with Italian being the most common other language at 2.6%. Only 1.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland average and has fallen since 2016.
1.7% ▼ -36.5%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Stanthorpe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307031187/stanthorpe/topic/language