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Seventeen Mile Rocks · Suburb / Locality

Language in Seventeen Mile Rocks

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

A varied mix of native tongues defines daily life in Seventeen Mile Rocks, where 15.8% of people speak a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Seventeen Mile Rocks, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 82.5% of residents, though Mandarin, Vietnamese and Cantonese are also spoken. Only 1.0% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.

People using another language at home

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15.8% ▲ +14.4%

Higher than 84% 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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1.0% ▼ -27.2%

Higher than 75% 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 Seventeen Mile Rocks, English only is the majority at 94%; Mandarin is next at 2%.

English only 82.5% Mandarin 2.0% Vietnamese 1.1% Cantonese 1.0% Hindi 0.7% Punjabi 0.3% Arabic 0.1% Italian 0.1% Tagalog 0.1%

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 Seventeen Mile Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32539/seventeen-mile-rocks/topic/language