Horseshoe Lagoon · Suburb / Locality

Language in Horseshoe Lagoon

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

Nearly 15% of people in Horseshoe Lagoon use a language other than English at home. This is much higher than most similar areas, making the community more linguistically diverse than many of its neighbours.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 73.7% of residents speak only English, 14.6% use another language, including Vietnamese (3.3%) and Italian (3.3%). Only 1.4% of the population speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.

14.6%

Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 13.4%
  • 2021: 14.6%

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

1.4% ▼ -69.4%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 4.6%
  • 2021: 1.4%

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 Horseshoe Lagoon, English only is the majority at 90%; Vietnamese is next at 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 Horseshoe Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31363/horseshoe-lagoon/topic/language