25.8% —
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Southport - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Southport - North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than a quarter of people in Southport - North use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the state average. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most similar places, though the proportion of people using other languages has dipped slightly since 2016.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 25.8% of residents speak another language at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is used by 64.6%, other common languages include Mandarin, Cantonese, Tagalog and Punjabi. A small number of people (3.7%) speak little or no English, which is a little above the Queensland figure.
3.7% ▼ -30.4%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Southport - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309091540/southport-north/topic/language