14.5% ▲ +64.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Port Douglas · Suburb / Locality
Language in Port Douglas
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost 70% of people in Port Douglas speak only English at home. While more people here use a language other than English compared to most similar areas, the overall figure is still well below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 14.5% of residents speak another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. Despite this, only 0.7% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below both the Queensland and national averages.
0.7% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Port Douglas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32352/port-douglas/topic/language