Calvert · Suburb / Locality

Language in Calvert

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

English is the dominant way of communicating in Calvert, where very few people use another language at home. Only 1.3% of the population speaks a language other than English, making it far less linguistically diverse than both Queensland and the rest of Australia.

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📍 Calvert, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 78.1% of people speak only English, which is far below the national figure for language diversity. While 0.0% of residents speak little or no English, this is actually higher than most similar areas.

1.3% ▼ -58.0%

Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 1.3%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Calvert, English only is the majority at 98%; Vietnamese is next at 2%.

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 Calvert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30494/calvert/topic/language