3.4% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wights Mountain · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 3.4% of people in Wights Mountain use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure, making the area overwhelmingly English-speaking. Most residents use English exclusively in their daily lives.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken by 93.1% of the population, and the use of other languages is well below the Queensland average. Interestingly, while 0% of people speak little or no English, this is actually higher than most similar areas.
3.4% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
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 Wights Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33073/wights-mountain/topic/language