14.8% ▲ +159.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gumdale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Gumdale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 15% of people in Gumdale use a language other than English at home, making it more linguistically diverse than most similar areas. While this is a little above the Queensland average, it remains well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83.7% of residents, though Mandarin and Hindi are also spoken. Despite the diversity, only 1.1% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the state average.
1.1% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Gumdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31266/gumdale/topic/language