2.9% ▲ —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Obi Obi · Suburb / Locality
Language in Obi Obi
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken by 94.7% of people in Obi Obi, making it a place where very few residents use another language at home. This is far below the figures for both Queensland and Australia, as the vast majority of the community speaks only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 2.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While 1.4% of residents speak little or no English, this is about the same as the Queensland average.
1.4% ▲ —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Obi Obi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32216/obi-obi/topic/language