8.3% —
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West Gladstone · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in West Gladstone
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in West Gladstone compared to the rest of the country. Only 8.3% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other Australian regions.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 85.8% of people, and the proportion of those using other languages fell 2.1 percentage points since 2016. Only 0.7% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 1.8%.
0.7% ▼ -33.8%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 West Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308051539/west-gladstone/topic/language