23.6% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Westcourt · Suburb / Locality
Language in Westcourt
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one quarter of Westcourt residents speak a language other than English at home. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the Queensland average. While English remains the main language, the community is welcoming to a wide variety of global tongues.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 23.6% of people use another language at home, which is far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. This diversity is reflected in the 5.1% who speak little or no English, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas.
5.1% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Westcourt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33046/westcourt/topic/language