6.2% ▲ +68.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gin Gin · Suburb / Locality
Language in Gin Gin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Gin Gin than in most similar areas, though the overall proportion remains very low. Only 6.2% of the population uses another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 83.8% of residents. While the area has a higher rate of non-English speakers than similar places, the 0.6% who speak little or no English is still a little below the Queensland figure.
0.6% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Gin Gin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31124/gin-gin/topic/language