Wivenhoe Pocket · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wivenhoe Pocket

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Just 1.9% of people in Wivenhoe Pocket use a language other than English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Queensland and Australia. English is the primary language for the vast majority of residents.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 90.6% of the population, with only 0.7% speaking Hindi. While very few people use other languages, the 1.0% who speak little or no English is actually much higher than in most similar areas.

1.9% ▼ -40.3%

Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 1.9%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

1.0% ▲ —

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

Language used at home

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In Wivenhoe Pocket, English only is the majority at 99%; Hindi is next at 1%.

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 Wivenhoe Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33107/wivenhoe-pocket/topic/language