9.9% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tennyson · Suburb / Locality
Language in Tennyson
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people in Tennyson use a language other than English at home compared to the rest of Australia. While 9.9% of residents speak another language, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%. English remains the dominant tongue for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken exclusively by 83.5% of residents. While the 9.9% who use other languages is much higher than in most similar areas, it is well below the Queensland figure of 13.2%. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.6% speaking little or no English.
0.6% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Tennyson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32771/tennyson/topic/language