25.4% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Westlake · Suburb / Locality
Language in Westlake
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in Westlake compared to most similar areas. About 25.4% of residents use another language at home, which is well above the national figure. This linguistic variety is reflected in the diverse range of languages spoken across the suburb.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 73.1% of people speak only English, others use Mandarin, Vietnamese, or Cantonese. About 3% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most areas and a little above the Queensland average.
3.0% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
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 Westlake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33049/westlake/topic/language