15.5% ▲ +13.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Carina · Suburb / Locality
Language in Carina
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 81.6% of people in Carina. While this is the most common tongue, 15.5% of residents speak another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. This mix reflects a community where most speak English, but many others maintain a second language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 15.5% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure that is a little above the Queensland average. Despite this, the 1.5% who speak little or no English is a little below the national figure, though it remains much higher than in most similar areas.
1.5% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Carina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30538/carina/topic/language