3.6% ▲ +57.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Avondale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Avondale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language in Avondale, where only 3.6% of people use another language at home. This is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents speak only English, reflecting a linguistic profile that is common for its area.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 87% of the community speaks only English, those who speak little or no English make up 0.9% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas, although it remains about the same as the Queensland figure.
0.9% ▲ +37.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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 Avondale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30109/avondale/topic/language