24.6% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Southport · Suburb / Locality
Language in Southport
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher rates of multilingualism than most similar areas define Southport, where nearly one in four people speak a language other than English at home. This diversity is far above the Queensland average and slightly exceeds the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 24.6% of residents use another language at home, with Mandarin being the most common after English. This diversity is reflected in the 3.6% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is among the highest for areas of this type.
3.6% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 Southport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32611/southport/topic/language