2.2% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Canton Beach · Suburb / Locality
Language in Canton Beach
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 2.2% of people in Canton Beach use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region, with the vast majority of residents speaking only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 88.5% of residents. While very few people use other languages, the proportion of those who speak little or no English is actually higher than in most similar areas.
0.4% ▲ —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Canton Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10797/canton-beach/topic/language