6.3% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gaven · Suburb / Locality
Language in Gaven
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 88.8% of people in Gaven, making it an area with very little linguistic diversity. While more people use another language at home here than in most similar areas, the overall figure remains far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 6.3% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well below the Queensland figure of 13.2%. Only 0.8% of people speak little or no English, a result that is about the same as the state average.
0.8% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Gaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31105/gaven/topic/language