5.8% ▼ -76.4%
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rockhampton · State Electorate
Language in Rockhampton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English in Rockhampton than in most similar areas. Only 5.8% of residents speak another language at home, which is a sharp drop from 24.5% back in 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken at home by 87.1% of people. This is far below the national figure of 22.3% for other languages, and only 0.9% of residents speak little or no English.
0.9% ▼ -75.7%
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Rockhampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30073/rockhampton/topic/language