3.3% ▲ +10.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sunshine Acres · Suburb / Locality
Language in Sunshine Acres
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Sunshine Acres, where only 3.3% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%. The area's linguistic profile has stayed very consistent over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 92.3% of residents speak only English, which is well below the Queensland average. While very few people speak another language, the 0.4% who speak little or no English is actually higher than in most similar areas.
0.4% ▲ +25.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Sunshine Acres [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32699/sunshine-acres/topic/language