14.5% ▲ +55.7%
Higher than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Innisfail - Cassowary Coast · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Innisfail - Cassowary Coast
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A rise to 14.5% of people using a language other than English at home defines the recent linguistic shift in Innisfail - Cassowary Coast. While this is slightly above the Queensland average, it remains well below the national figure. Most residents still speak only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 75.9% of the area, though Punjabi (2.3%) and Italian (1.0%) are the most common other tongues. Very few people struggle with English, with only 1.4% speaking little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.4% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Innisfail - Cassowary Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30603/innisfail-cassowary-coast/topic/language