4.8% ▲ +99.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lake Eacham · Suburb / Locality
Language in Lake Eacham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 87.6% of people in Lake Eacham. While this is a high proportion, the area is more linguistically diverse than most similar small places, though it remains far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 4.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is higher than in most similar areas but well below the Queensland figure of 13.2%. Very few people struggle with English, as 0% of the population speak little or no English.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Lake Eacham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31614/lake-eacham/topic/language