5.4% ▲ +34.0%
Lower than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Central Queensland · Region (SA4)
Language in Central Queensland
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Central Queensland than in most other Australian areas. Only 5.4% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. English is the dominant tongue here, though the use of other languages has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people use only English at home (86.1%), with the 5.4% who speak other languages including small numbers of Tagalog, Mandarin, and Vietnamese speakers. Very few residents speak little or no English at 0.7%, a figure that is a little below both the state and national levels.
0.7% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 78% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Central Queensland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/308/central-queensland/topic/language