12.5% ▲ +50.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fraser Island · Suburb / Locality
Language in Fraser Island
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 82.2% of people living on Fraser Island. While many residents only speak English, about 12.5% use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the most common language, but Hindi is spoken by 4.6% of the population. Despite some linguistic diversity, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Fraser Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31081/fraser-island/topic/language