11.0% ▲ +36.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Runaway Bay · Suburb / Locality
Language in Runaway Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 1.3% of people in Runaway Bay speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas. While the community is overwhelmingly English-speaking, there is a small but noticeable presence of other languages spoken at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 11% of residents use a language other than English at home, including Mandarin at 1.7%. This is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains far below the national figure of 22.3%.
1.3% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Runaway Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32490/runaway-bay/topic/language