4.0% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Granite Belt · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Granite Belt
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 4% of people in Granite Belt use a language other than English at home, which is much lower than most similar areas. This makes the region far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 88.4% of residents, and the number of people using other languages has barely changed since 2011. This is well below the Queensland figure of 13.2%, and only 0.6% of the population speak little or no English.
0.6% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Granite Belt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30703/granite-belt/topic/language