8.4% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Atkinsons Dam · Suburb / Locality
Language in Atkinsons Dam
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English in Atkinsons Dam than in the rest of the country. Only 8.4% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the Queensland average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83.2% of the area, though Vietnamese is spoken by 7.3% of residents. About 2.1% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.1% ▼ -61.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 Atkinsons Dam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30098/atkinsons-dam/topic/language