4.9% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Diddillibah · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Diddillibah compared to the rest of the country. Only 4.9% 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 the typical Australian community.
English and the largest community languages.
While 89.6% of people speak only English, the small number who use other languages is higher than in most similar areas. Only 0.5% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that sits a little below both the state and national averages.
4.9% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.5% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Diddillibah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30843/diddillibah/topic/language