6.1% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Atherton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Atherton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken by 84.6% of people in Atherton, making it the dominant language here. While the area has a higher proportion of people using other languages than most similar places, it remains far below the national average for linguistic diversity.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 6.1% of residents use another language at home, which is well below the Queensland figure of 13.2%. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.5% speaking little or no English, a figure slightly lower than the national average.
0.5% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Atherton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30096/atherton/topic/language