3.7% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Broadwater · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language in Broadwater, with only 3.7% of residents using another language at home. This is around the middle for similar areas, though it remains far below the national figure. The area is overwhelmingly English-speaking, with very few people struggling to communicate in English.
English and the largest community languages.
Most people here speak only English (87.5%), meaning the 3.7% who use another language is well below the Queensland figure. While 0.0% speak little or no English, which is a little below the state average, this is actually higher than most similar areas.
3.7% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Broadwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30383/broadwater/topic/language