5.6% ▲ +32.5%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tewantin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Tewantin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Tewantin than in most similar areas. Only 5.6% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While English is the dominant language, the variety of tongues spoken here has grown slightly over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Just 5.6% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure well below the Queensland average and one that rose 1.4 percentage points since 2011. This is consistent with the fact that very few people, just 0.4%, speak little or no English.
0.4% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Tewantin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/316051438/tewantin/topic/language