10.3% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Thulimbah · Suburb / Locality
Language in Thulimbah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for most people in Thulimbah, but a small number of residents bring different cultural backgrounds to the area. Around 10% of people use a language other than English at home, though very few struggle to speak English in their daily lives.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 78.3% of people speak only English, 10.3% use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This includes small numbers of Italian and Mandarin speakers, though only 1.1% of the population speak little or no English.
1.1% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Thulimbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32821/thulimbah/topic/language