6.6% ▲ +60.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tolga · Suburb / Locality
Language in Tolga
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 84.2% of people in Tolga. While more people here use a second language at home than in most similar areas, the overall proportion is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 6.6% of residents speak a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Queensland average. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.7% speaking little or no English.
0.7% ▲ +51.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.7%
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).
More for Tolga
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Tolga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32840/tolga/topic/language