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Charters Towers City · Suburb / Locality

Language in Charters Towers City

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

English is the primary language for 82.1% of people in Charters Towers City. Only 4.4% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.

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📍 Charters Towers City, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Very few people here speak little or no English, at just 0.2%. While this is a little below the Queensland figure, it is actually higher than most similar areas.

People using another language at home

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4.4% —

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.2% ▼ -45.0%

Higher than 62% 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.

Language used at home

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In Charters Towers City, English only is the majority at 98%; Vietnamese is next at 1%.

English only 82.1% Vietnamese 0.7% Hindi 0.4% Punjabi 0.2% Tagalog 0.2% Mandarin 0.1%

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 Charters Towers City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30585/charters-towers-city/topic/language