Home Hill · Suburb / Locality

Language in Home Hill

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

English is the dominant tongue in Home Hill, where only 5.5% of people use another language at home. This makes the town far less linguistically diverse than most of Australia. While a small number of people speak other languages, the vast majority of daily life is conducted in English.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 5.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well below the Queensland figure of 13.2%. While this is higher than most similar areas, very few people struggle with English, with only 0.8% speaking little or no English.

5.5% ▼ -18.9%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.8%
  • 2016: 5.2%
  • 2021: 5.5%

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

0.8% ▲ +13.0%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.7%
  • 2021: 0.8%

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.

Language used at home

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In Home Hill, English only is the majority at 96%; Italian is next at 2%.

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 Home Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31352/home-hill/topic/language