23.8% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wattle Ridge · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly a quarter of residents in Wattle Ridge speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the Queensland figure. This creates a linguistic profile that is much more diverse than most similar areas, though almost everyone still speaks English.
English and the largest community languages.
About 23.8% of people use another language at home, a figure that is a little above the national average. Despite this, 0.0% of the population speak little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.
23.8% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Wattle Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33011/wattle-ridge/topic/language