18.5% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Carina Heights · Suburb / Locality
Language in Carina Heights
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A gap of nearly 4 percentage points separates Carina Heights from the national average in language diversity. While 18.5% of residents speak a language other than English at home, this is well above the Queensland figure. Most people here speak only English, but there is a notable presence of various international languages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 18.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is reflected in the variety of languages spoken, including Mandarin at 2.1%, Greek at 1.0%, and Cantonese at 0.9%. A small number of residents, 2.3%, speak little or no English, which is slightly below the national figure.
2.3% ▼ -23.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30539/carina-heights/topic/language