5.9% ▲ +30.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Petrie · Suburb / Locality
Language in Petrie
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant tongue in Petrie, where only 5.9% of people speak another language at home. This is higher than in most similar areas, although it stays far below the national figure. The area is very linguistically uniform, with 91% of residents speaking only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While more people use other languages at home here than in many similar areas, the 5.9% figure is well below the Queensland average. Very few people struggle with English, as only 0.5% speak little or no English, which is a little below the national rate.
0.5% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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 Petrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32303/petrie/topic/language