7.5% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wynnum · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wynnum
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Wynnum use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas, though the overall figure is still low. Only 7.5% of residents speak another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 7.5% of people use a language other than English, the vast majority—88.2%—speak only English at home. This helps explain why the 0.6% of people who speak little or no English is a little below both the state and national figures.
0.6% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Wynnum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33188/wynnum/topic/language