10.2% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Palm Cove · Suburb / Locality
Language in Palm Cove
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for 82% of people in Palm Cove. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it means the local community is far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 10.2% of residents speak another language at home, which is well below the Queensland figure of 13.2%. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.5% speaking little or no English, though this is higher than in most similar areas.
0.5% ▼ -48.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Palm Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32258/palm-cove/topic/language