77.1% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.8%
- 2016: 79.1%
- 2021: 77.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dauan Island · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dauan Island
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly eight in ten people on Dauan Island use a language other than English at home, making it an area of exceptional linguistic diversity. This far exceeds both the state and national figures, creating a community where non-English languages are a central part of daily life.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 77.1% of residents speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This high use of other languages is consistent with 7.6% of people speaking little or no English, a rate well above the Queensland average.
7.6% ▼ -36.6%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 7.6%
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 Dauan Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30814/dauan-island/topic/language