4.2% ▲ +63.6%
Lower than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hinchinbrook · State Electorate
Language in Hinchinbrook
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 89.3% of people in Hinchinbrook. This area is much less linguistically diverse than most of the country, with very few residents speaking a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.2% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This trend is consistent with the fact that only 0.4% of residents speak little or no English, among the lowest rates for areas of this size.
0.4% ▲ +27.4%
Lower than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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 Hinchinbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30035/hinchinbrook/topic/language