2.7% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Proserpine · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Proserpine
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language in Proserpine, where only 2.7% of people use another language at home. This figure is far below the national average and has barely changed since 2011. The area is much less linguistically diverse than most other similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 88.4% of residents speak only English, while just 0.2% of people speak little or no English. This level of English proficiency is well below the Australian figure, with very few people using languages such as Mandarin or Tagalog.
0.2% ▼ -31.9%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Proserpine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312031361/proserpine/topic/language