1.9% ▼ -46.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Thornton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Thornton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for almost everyone in Thornton, making it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region. Only 1.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The vast majority of residents, 91.6%, speak only English at home. This explains why Thornton's use of other languages is far below the Queensland average, and why 0.0% of people speak little or no English.
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.
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 Thornton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32816/thornton/topic/language