Tin Can Bay · Suburb / Locality

Language in Tin Can Bay

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English remains the dominant language in Tin Can Bay, where very few residents speak a different language at home. Just 1.3% of people use a language other than English, a figure far below both the state and national averages.

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📍 Tin Can Bay, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 90% of people speak only English at home, which is much lower than the 22.3% national figure for other languages. Despite this, 0.0% of the population speaks little or no English, placing the area a little below the Queensland average.

1.3% ▼ -42.7%

Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 2021: 1.3%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 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.

Language used at home

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In Tin Can Bay, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 0%.

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 Tin Can Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32826/tin-can-bay/topic/language