23.5% —
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Southport - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Southport - South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in five residents in Southport - South use a language other than English at home, making it a linguistically diverse area. This level of diversity is far above the Queensland average and has grown slightly over the last few years.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 23.5% of people speak another language at home, which is far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. While English is the only language for 70.1% of residents, others include Mandarin, Cantonese, Tagalog and Vietnamese. Roughly 3.5% of the population speak little or no English, which is a little above the state average.
3.5% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309091541/southport-south/topic/language