4.9% ▲ +36.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fishermans Paradise · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 91.2% of people in Fishermans Paradise. While the area is far less linguistically diverse than the state or national averages, it has a slightly higher proportion of people using other languages at home than most similar areas.
English and the largest community languages.
About 4.9% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 0.8% of people speak little or no English, a result that is a little below the Australian average.
4.9% ▲ +36.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.8% ▲ —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Fishermans Paradise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11526/fishermans-paradise/topic/language