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Language in Rainbow Beach

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English has remained the dominant language spoken in Rainbow Beach since 2011, with very few residents using other languages. Only 3.3% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the national average of 22.3%.

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📍 Rainbow Beach, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the only language used by 85.7% of the population. While 0.0% of people speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas, this is still well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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3.3% ▼ -4.9%

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Rainbow Beach, English only is the majority at 99%; Vietnamese is next at 1%.

English only 85.7% Vietnamese 0.5% Italian 0.5%

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 Rainbow Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32385/rainbow-beach/topic/language