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Language in Airlie Beach

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English remains the dominant way of communicating in Airlie Beach, where 73.9% of people speak only one language. While 11.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, the area is far less linguistically diverse than the national average.

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📍 Airlie Beach, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

A little more than one in ten people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Despite this, 0% of the population speak little or no English, a figure well below the national average of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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11.6% ▲ +64.4%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% 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.

Language used at home

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In Airlie Beach, English only is the majority at 97%; Arabic is next at 1%.

English only 73.9% Arabic 0.7% Mandarin 0.6% Italian 0.4% Cantonese 0.3% Vietnamese 0.2% Tagalog 0.2%

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 Airlie Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30016/airlie-beach/topic/language