49.0% ▲ +20.0%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 40.9%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Durack · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Durack
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Durack now speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen by 8.2 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than most of Queensland and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 49% of people use a language other than English at home, with Vietnamese being the most common non-English tongue at 21.5%. This diversity is reflected in the 12.8% of residents who speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure.
12.8% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 Durack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/310011272/durack/topic/language