Pacific Pines - Gaven · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Pacific Pines - Gaven

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the main way people communicate in Pacific Pines - Gaven, though the number of households using other languages has grown. While most residents speak English, 16.2% now use another language at home, making the area more linguistically diverse than it was a decade ago.

Open map →
📍 Pacific Pines - Gaven, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Around 16.2% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. While English is spoken by 79.9% of residents, Mandarin, Punjabi, Tagalog, and Arabic are also heard, though only 1.7% of the population speak little or no English.

16.2% ▲ +48.2%

Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 11.0%
  • 2016: 13.1%
  • 2021: 16.2%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

1.7% ▲ +23.6%

Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 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).

More for Pacific Pines - Gaven

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Pacific Pines - Gaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309061249/pacific-pines-gaven/topic/language