6.8% ▲ +7.9%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Deception Bay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Deception Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Barely any change has occurred in the linguistic makeup of Deception Bay since 2011. Only 6.8% of people here use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 86.7% of residents, and the small number of people who speak little or no English (0.7%) is lower than most areas. Other languages spoken in the community include Tagalog, Hindi, Mandarin and Cantonese.
0.7% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Deception Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/313041373/deception-bay/topic/language