5.1% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hervey Bay · Urban Centre
Language in Hervey Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Hervey Bay use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While this figure is higher than in comparable places, it remains far below the national average. English is the dominant language for the vast majority of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.1% of people use another language at home, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is well below the Queensland average of 13.2%. Only 0.4% of the population speak little or no English, which is much lower than the 3.4% national figure.
0.4% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Hervey Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL311002/hervey-bay/topic/language