21.0% ▲ +25.8%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Slacks Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Slacks Creek
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Slacks Creek have started speaking a language other than English at home, with the figure rising 4.3 percentage points since 2011. Today, 21.0% of residents use another language, which is well above the Queensland average of 13.2%. This makes the area more linguistically diverse than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 70.5% of residents speak only English, 3.9% speak little or no English, which is much higher than most areas. Other common languages spoken at home include Arabic and Mandarin, each at 1.1%.
3.9% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 Slacks Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/311061333/slacks-creek/topic/language