12.9% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Queanbeyan West · Suburb / Locality
Language in Queanbeyan West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Queanbeyan West are using a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. While English is the main language for 80.8% of residents, the local diversity is noticeably higher than in nearby suburbs. This trend reflects a shifting linguistic profile for the area over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 12.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though well below the national figure of 22.3%. This includes small groups speaking Tagalog, Mandarin, and Punjabi, while only 1.6% of residents speak little or no English.
1.6% ▲ +32.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Queanbeyan West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13306/queanbeyan-west/topic/language