14.8% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Stafford · State Electorate
Language in Stafford
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 80.7% of people in Stafford. While about 15% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 14.8% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. Very few residents, just 1.6%, speak little or no English, which is slightly lower than the Queensland average.
1.6% ▼ -44.8%
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Stafford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30080/stafford/topic/language