4.6% ▲ +21.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Highvale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Highvale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people speak a language other than English in Highvale compared to the rest of the country. Only 4.6% of residents use another language at home, which is well below the national figure. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 93.3% of the community. While 0.3% of people speak little or no English, which is higher than in most similar areas, this remains well below the Queensland and national figures.
0.3% ▲ +48.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Highvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31336/highvale/topic/language