4.9% ▼ -63.6%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hervey Bay · State Electorate
Language in Hervey Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 89.2% of people in Hervey Bay. The area is far less linguistically diverse than the national average, with very few residents speaking a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.9% of people here use another language at home, a figure that is far below the Australian average and has fallen 8.5 points since 2011. This is consistent with the fact that just 0.4% of residents speak little or no English, which is much lower than most other areas.
0.4% ▼ -79.0%
Lower than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Hervey Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30033/hervey-bay/topic/language