10.0% ▼ -55.6%
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Townsville · State Electorate
Language in Townsville
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A sharp 13 percentage point drop in the use of other languages since 2011 has made Townsville much more English-speaking. Only 10% of people now use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English (82.1%), and the proportion of people who speak little or no English has fallen to just 0.9%. This figure is a little below the Australian average and is much lower than in most other areas.
0.9% ▼ -86.4%
Lower than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.6%
- 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 Townsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30088/townsville/topic/language