5.7% ▲ +40.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tewantin · Suburb / Locality
Language in Tewantin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Tewantin use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas, though the figure remains low. Only 5.7% of residents speak a non-English language, which is far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 5.7% of people use another language at home, the vast majority speak only English. Very few struggle with English, as only 0.4% of residents speak little or no English, a figure well below the Australian average.
0.4% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 Tewantin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32774/tewantin/topic/language