12.2% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Edge Hill · Suburb / Locality
Language in Edge Hill
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant tongue in Edge Hill, though the proportion of people using other languages at home has grown since 2011. While 80.9% of residents speak only English, the area has a higher variety of languages spoken at home than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 12.2% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. Despite this diversity, only 1.0% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland average.
1.0% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Edge Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30941/edge-hill/topic/language