6.6% ▲ +56.9%
Lower than 68% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Whitsunday · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Whitsunday
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have spoken a language other than English at home in Whitsunday since 2011, rising to 6.6%. Despite this growth, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than most of Australia, with the vast majority of residents speaking only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 6.6% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. English is the main language for 82.3% of residents, and very few people—just 0.4%—speak little or no English.
0.4% ▼ -42.2%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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 Whitsunday [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31203/whitsunday/topic/language