19.9% ▲ +46.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Douglas · Suburb / Locality
Language in Douglas
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 73.4% of residents in Douglas, though the area is notably more multilingual than most similar places. Nearly one in five people here uses a language other than English at home, which is well above the Queensland average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 19.9% of people use another language at home, a figure much higher than in most similar areas. Despite this diversity, only 1.3% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure.
1.3% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Douglas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30871/douglas/topic/language