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Language in Not in any Significant Urban Area

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Only 6.2% of people in the rural areas of Queensland use a language other than English at home, which is around the middle for similar areas. This figure is far below the national average of 22.3%. English is the dominant tongue across these vast regions, though the use of other languages rose slightly since 2011.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 83.5% of residents. Very few people struggle with English here; only 0.8% speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland average and barely changed since 2016.

People using another language at home

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6.2% ▲ +17.4%

Lower than 54% of urban area areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.8% ▼ -4.5%

Higher than 53% of urban area areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Not in any Significant Urban Area, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 0%.

English only 83.5% Italian 0.4% Mandarin 0.3% Tagalog 0.2% Punjabi 0.2% Vietnamese 0.1% Hindi 0.1% Cantonese 0.1% Arabic 0.0% Greek 0.0%

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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/language