23.4% ▲ +55.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gatton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Gatton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Gatton now speak a language other than English at home compared to previous years. This shift is seen in the 23.4% of residents who use another language, a figure that is far above the Queensland average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 23.4% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. This diversity is reflected in the 6.6% who speak little or no English, a figure well above the national average of 3.4%.
6.6% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Gatton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31104/gatton/topic/language