5.9% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Scarborough · Suburb / Locality
Language in Scarborough
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant way people communicate in Scarborough, where 90.1% of residents speak only this language at home. While this is far below the national figure, it means very few people in the area need a translator or extra support to get by in their daily lives.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Just 5.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Queensland average. Only 0.5% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
0.5% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 Scarborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32524/scarborough/topic/language