Redcliffe · Suburb / Locality

Language in Redcliffe

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

Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in Redcliffe compared to most similar areas. About 24.4% of residents use another language at home, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 18.4%. This makes the area more linguistically diverse than both the state and the nation.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 67.5% of people speak only English, others use Mandarin, Arabic, Cantonese and Tagalog. This diversity is reflected in the 3.5% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most other areas.

24.4% ▲ +22.2%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.9%
  • 2016: 23.0%
  • 2021: 24.4%

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

3.5% ▲ +21.6%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 2021: 3.5%

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 Redcliffe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51287/redcliffe/topic/language