3.6% ▲ +19.4%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Yeppoon · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Yeppoon
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for almost everyone living in Yeppoon, where only 3.6% of people use another language at home. This makes the area far more linguistically uniform than the rest of Australia. Very few residents struggle with the language, and these figures have remained steady for over a decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly 90% of residents speak only English at home, which is far below the national figure. Only 0.3% of people speak little or no English, a rate that is much lower than most other areas and has barely changed since 2016.
0.3% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Yeppoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308031223/yeppoon/topic/language