34.9% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 84% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 39.1%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Far North · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Far North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people speak a language other than English in Far North compared to the rest of the state. About 34.9% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. This makes the region stand out as a linguistically diverse part of the state.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 34.9% of people use another language at home, this is down 4.2 percentage points since 2011. Around 5% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the Queensland average and has barely changed since 2016.
5.0% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 85% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Far North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31501/far-north/topic/language