14.3% ▲ +85.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Helensvale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Helensvale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Helensvale now speak a language other than English at home than in 2011. This trend is seen in the 14.3% of residents who use another language, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 81.6% of people speak only English, those using other languages—including Mandarin at 3.4%—are a little more common here than across Queensland. Despite this, the 1.8% who speak little or no English is a little below the national figure.
1.8% ▲ +67.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Helensvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31315/helensvale/topic/language