4.9% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fishermans Paradise · Urban Centre
Language in Fishermans Paradise
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Fishermans Paradise than is typical for the state. While 91.2% of residents speak only English, a small number of people using other languages at home keeps the area slightly more diverse than many similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.9% of people use another language at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Despite this, the proportion of people who speak little or no English rose to 0.8% in 2021, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas.
0.8% ▲ —
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Fishermans Paradise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122058/fishermans-paradise/topic/language