26.6% ▲ +60.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Innisfail · Suburb / Locality
Language in Innisfail
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than a quarter of people in Innisfail use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This creates a multilingual environment where 26.6% of residents speak another language, a figure far above the Queensland average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 64.3% of people speak only English, Punjabi is the most common other language at 8.6%. This diversity is reflected in the 5.7% of residents who speak little or no English, which is well above the state figure of 1.8%.
5.7% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Innisfail [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31398/innisfail/topic/language