Yeppoon · Suburb / Locality

Language in Yeppoon

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

A far lower share of people use a language other than English at home in Yeppoon than in the rest of Australia. Only 4% of the population speaks another language, making it much less linguistically diverse than both the state and the nation.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 88.2% of the community. While very few people speak another language, the 0.5% who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas.

4.0% ▲ +3.5%

Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 4.0%

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

0.5% ▲ +50.0%

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 2021: 0.5%

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 Yeppoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33219/yeppoon/topic/language