2.7% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gympie - Cooloola · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Gympie - Cooloola
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people speak a language other than English in Gympie - Cooloola compared to the rest of the country. Only 2.7% of residents use another language at home, which is a massive gap compared to the national figure of 22.3%. This has barely changed over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home by 90.6% of residents. Very few people struggle with English here, with only 0.3% speaking little or no English, a figure well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
0.3% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 97% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Gympie - Cooloola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31903/gympie-cooloola/topic/language