18.5% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lizard · Suburb / Locality
Language in Lizard
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language use in Lizard has shifted since 2011, with a growing number of people speaking languages other than English. While 18.5% of residents now use another language at home, this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Almost one in ten people (9.2%) speak little or no English, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Queensland figure of 1.8%.
9.2% ▲ +50.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 9.2%
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 Lizard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31669/lizard/topic/language