23.6% —
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Surfers Paradise - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A wide variety of languages are spoken in the daily life of Surfers Paradise - North, where 23.6% of people use a language other than English at home. This is far above the Queensland figure and higher than most similar areas.
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken exclusively by 64.2% of residents, while other common languages include Mandarin, Punjabi, Italian, and Arabic. About 2.5% of people speak little or no English, which is higher than most areas.
23.6% —
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2.5% —
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Surfers Paradise - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309101561/surfers-paradise-north/topic/language