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Happy Valley · Suburb / Locality

Language in Happy Valley

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant tongue in Happy Valley, where 83.1% of people speak only English at home. While 8% of residents use another language, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Happy Valley, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Most people here use English, though 8% speak another language at home, which is higher than in most similar areas. Only 1.4% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland average.

People using another language at home

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8.0% ▲ +177.0%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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1.4% ▲ +248.8%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Happy Valley, English only is the majority at 97%; Cantonese is next at 1%.

English only 83.1% Cantonese 0.8% Tagalog 0.8% Punjabi 0.7% Vietnamese 0.4%

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 Happy Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31295/happy-valley/topic/language