12.5% ▲ +41.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gaythorne · Suburb / Locality
Language in Gaythorne
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for the vast majority of people in Gaythorne, though 12.5% of residents use another language at home. This makes the area's linguistic variety much higher than most similar places, even though it sits well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 12.5% of people speak a language other than English at home, with small numbers using Mandarin, Hindi, and Cantonese. Very few people struggle with English, as only 1.2% say they speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
1.2% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Gaythorne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31107/gaythorne/topic/language