6.1% ▲ +57.9%
Lower than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Caloundra · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Caloundra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 6.1% of people in Caloundra use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia. While the number of people speaking other languages has risen slightly since 2011, English remains the dominant language for the vast majority of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 89.2% of residents, and the proportion of people who speak little or no English is much lower than most areas at just 0.5%. Other languages spoken in small numbers include Mandarin, Punjabi, and Italian, each at 0.3%.
0.5% ▲ +16.7%
Lower than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Caloundra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31602/caloundra/topic/language