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Avenell Heights · Suburb / Locality

Language in Avenell Heights

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

English is the dominant language for almost everyone in Avenell Heights, where only 4.2% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, meaning daily life here is much less linguistically diverse than in most other Australian suburbs.

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📍 Avenell Heights, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 90% of residents speak only English, with Italian and Tagalog being the next most common languages. While the number of people speaking another language is well below the Queensland average, the 0.5% who speak little or no English is actually higher than in most similar areas.

People using another language at home

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4.2% ▲ +23.4%

Higher than 56% 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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0.5% ▲ +23.8%

Higher than 68% 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 Avenell Heights, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 1%.

English only 90.0% Italian 0.5% Tagalog 0.4% Vietnamese 0.2% Mandarin 0.2% Hindi 0.2% Cantonese 0.1% Punjabi 0.1%

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 Avenell Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30106/avenell-heights/topic/language