17.8% ▲ +68.6%
Higher than 63% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sandgate · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Sandgate
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Sandgate speak a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. About 17.8% of residents use another language, a figure that has risen by 7.3 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 78.2% of people speak only English, others use Punjabi, Hindi, or Tagalog. Only 1.9% of the population speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
1.9% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Sandgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30204/sandgate/topic/language