8.9% ▲ +21.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rothwell · Suburb / Locality
Language in Rothwell
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 8.9% of people in Rothwell use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is well below the Queensland and national figures, the area remains largely English-speaking.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 86.3% of residents, and only 1% of people speak little or no English. This is a little below the national figure, with small numbers of people speaking Tagalog, Hindi, Punjabi and Mandarin.
1.0% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Rothwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32483/rothwell/topic/language