Sundown · Suburb / Locality

Language in Sundown

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

English is the primary language for 84.8% of people in Sundown. While this is a little below the Queensland figure, it remains the dominant tongue in a community where a small number of residents speak other languages at home.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 11% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. Italian is the most common second language at 8.3%, and notably, no one in the area speaks little or no English.

11.0% ▲ +0.5%

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.0%
  • 2016: 9.0%
  • 2021: 11.0%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Sundown, English only is the majority at 91%; Italian is next at 9%.

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 Sundown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32691/sundown/topic/language