7.3% —
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Scarborough - Newport · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Scarborough - Newport
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Scarborough - Newport compared to the rest of the country. Only 7.3% of residents speak another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 89.1% of residents, and only 0.6% speak little or no English, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 1.8%. Small numbers of people speak Mandarin, Italian, Arabic, or Tagalog.
0.6% —
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 Scarborough - Newport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/313051575/scarborough-newport/topic/language