22.6% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gairloch · Suburb / Locality
Language in Gairloch
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost one in four people in Gairloch speak a language other than English at home. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Queensland figure, reflecting a community with a notable linguistic variety.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 83.9% of residents speak only English, Italian is spoken by 22.6% of the population. Despite this diversity, no one in the area speaks little or no English, which is well below the national figure.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Gairloch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31095/gairloch/topic/language