11.4% ▲ +104.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
East Palmerston · Suburb / Locality
Language in East Palmerston
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A little over 11% of people in East Palmerston use a language other than English at home. This is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 80.5% of residents speak only English, about 4.5% speak little or no English, which is among the highest levels for areas of this type and a little above the Queensland average.
4.5% ▲ —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 East Palmerston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30931/east-palmerston/topic/language