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Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part) · Urban Centre

Language in Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part)

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

A variety of different tongues are spoken in Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part), where 13.9% of people use a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the national figure.

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📍 Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part), Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 80.1% of residents, though the use of other languages rose 3.5 points since 2011. Mandarin is the most common second language at 1.9%, and 1.7% of people speak little or no English, which is slightly lower than the national figure.

People using another language at home

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13.9% ▲ +33.3%

Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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1.7% ▼ -1.2%

Higher than 86% of urban centre 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 Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part), English only is the majority at 94%; Mandarin is next at 2%.

English only 80.1% Mandarin 1.9% Cantonese 0.5% Punjabi 0.5% Italian 0.4% Tagalog 0.3% Arabic 0.3% Hindi 0.3% Vietnamese 0.3% Greek 0.2%

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 Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL302001/gold-coast-tweed-heads/topic/language