7.4% ▲ +63.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tweed Heads South · Suburb / Locality
Language in Tweed Heads South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people speak a language other than English in Tweed Heads South compared to the rest of the country. While 7.4% of residents use another language at home, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most of the community speaks only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 86.6% of residents. Although only 0.9% of people speak little or no English, this is actually much higher than in most similar areas.
0.9% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Tweed Heads South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14003/tweed-heads-south/topic/language