6.2% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Childers · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Childers speak a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. While 6.2% of the population uses another language, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.3% of residents. Although only 6.2% speak a non-English language, the 2% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas.
6.2% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2.0% ▲ +418.0%
Higher than 86% 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 Childers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30600/childers/topic/language