14.1% ▲ +52.4%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Shailer Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Shailer Park
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken by 82.8% of people at home in Shailer Park. While the area is predominantly English-speaking, the proportion of residents using another language has risen to 14.1%. This is roughly the same as the Queensland average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 14.1% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure that rose 4.9 percentage points since 2011. This is well below the national average of 22.3%, and only 1.7% of residents speak little or no English.
1.7% ▲ +28.0%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Shailer Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/311051327/shailer-park/topic/language