11.2% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wavell Heights · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wavell Heights
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people in Wavell Heights use another language at home compared to the national figure, with only 11.2% doing so. Most residents speak English only, making it much less linguistically diverse than many other similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 11.2% of people use a language other than English at home, this is far below the Australian average of 22.3%. Very few struggle with English, as only 0.9% speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
0.9% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Wavell Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33015/wavell-heights/topic/language