22.5% ▲ +37.9%
Higher than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Surfers Paradise · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Surfers Paradise
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 67% of people in Surfers Paradise, but the area is more linguistically diverse than much of the state. About 22.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen 6.2 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home is well above the Queensland figure. While 2.5% of residents speak little or no English—which is higher than in most areas—this number has fallen slightly since 2016. Common non-English languages spoken include Mandarin, Italian, Punjabi and Cantonese.
2.5% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Surfers Paradise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30910/surfers-paradise/topic/language