11.2% ▲ +28.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Whitfield · Suburb / Locality
Language in Whitfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 83.8% of people in Whitfield. While most residents use English, about 11.2% of the community speaks another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 11.2% of residents use a language other than English at home, though this is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 1.0% of people speak little or no English, a rate that is much higher than in most similar areas but about the same as the Queensland average.
1.0% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Whitfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33065/whitfield/topic/language