93.5% ▲ +42.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 81.0%
- 2021: 93.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Keriri Island · Suburb / Locality
Language in Keriri Island
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language patterns on Keriri Island have remained strikingly distinct since 2011. Almost everyone here speaks a language other than English at home, with 93.5% of the population doing so. This is far above the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.7% of residents speak English only, which helps explain why 8% of people speak little or no English. This last figure is well above the national average of 3.4%.
8.0% ▼ -28.1%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 8.0%
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 Keriri Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31515/keriri-island/topic/language