9.4% —
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gladstone · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Gladstone
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 80.1% of people in Gladstone. This is a very high proportion compared to the rest of the country, where far fewer people speak only English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 9.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This trend has fallen since 2016, and very few people (0.8%) speak little or no English.
0.8% ▼ -37.1%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308051534/gladstone/topic/language