7.3% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Deception Bay · Suburb / Locality
Language in Deception Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 86.1% of people in Deception Bay. While more residents here use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas, this figure is still far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 7.3% of people use another language at home, which is well below the Queensland figure of 13.2%. Despite this, the 0.7% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas.
0.7% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Deception Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30819/deception-bay/topic/language