7.9% ▲ +57.6%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gladstone · Urban Centre
Language in Gladstone
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Gladstone than the national figure. While 7.9% of residents use another language at home, this is far below the Australian average of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 85.9% of people, though those using other languages rose to 7.9% since 2011. This is much higher than most similar areas, but still well below the Queensland figure. Very few residents speak little or no English, at just 0.7%.
0.7% ▲ +172.2%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL312002/gladstone/topic/language