7.6% ▲ +47.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kirwan · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kirwan
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people speak a language other than English in Kirwan compared to the rest of Australia. While 7.6% of the population uses another language at home, this is well below the Queensland and national figures. English is the dominant language for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English (86.1%), which is far more common here than across Australia. Only 1.1% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland average but much higher than in most similar areas.
1.1% ▲ +46.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Kirwan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31558/kirwan/topic/language