5.1% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Shorncliffe · Suburb / Locality
Language in Shorncliffe
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 91.3% of people in Shorncliffe, making it a very linguistically uniform area. While a small number of residents use other languages, this is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Just 5.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Queensland average. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.2% speaking little or no English.
0.2% ▼ -34.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Shorncliffe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32558/shorncliffe/topic/language