21.0% ▲ +25.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Slacks Creek · Suburb / Locality
Language in Slacks Creek
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people in Slacks Creek speak a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. About 21% of residents use another language, a figure that is well above the Queensland average of 13.2%. This creates a diverse linguistic landscape where English is the primary language for 70.5% of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 21% of people use another language at home, about 3.9% speak little or no English, which is among the highest levels for similar areas. Most non-English speakers use Arabic or Mandarin, though Punjabi and Hindi are also spoken.
3.9% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 Slacks Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32576/slacks-creek/topic/language