11.8% ▲ +32.1%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hope Island · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Hope Island
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Hope Island, where 81.6% of people speak only this language at home. While the use of other languages has risen to 11.8% since 2011, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 11.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is a little below the Queensland figure and far below the Australian average. Very few people struggle with English, as only 1.6% speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.6% ▲ +37.0%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Hope Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309071253/hope-island/topic/language