16.7% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Broadbeach · Suburb / Locality
Language in Broadbeach
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A significant gap exists between the national figure and Broadbeach, where the 16.7% of people using another language at home is well below the Australian average. Despite this, it is a diverse spot with more people speaking a second language than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 70.1% of people speak only English, 16.7% use another language at home, which is well above the Queensland figure. This diversity is reflected in the variety of languages spoken, including Mandarin, Italian, and Punjabi, though only 1.8% of the population speak little or no English.
1.8% ▼ -35.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Broadbeach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30380/broadbeach/topic/language