59.1% ▼ -30.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 84.7%
- 2016: 71.5%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hope Vale · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Among the highest in the region for linguistic diversity, Hope Vale sees 59.1% of residents using a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%, making it a place where non-English languages are common in daily life.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 34.6% of people speak English only at home, which is far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. While 2.9% of the population speaks little or no English, this is much higher than most similar areas.
59.1% ▼ -30.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2.9% ▲ +46.6%
Higher than 87% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Hope Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31357/hope-vale/topic/language