7.9% ▲ +101.3%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Airlie Beach - Cannonvale · Urban Centre
Language in Airlie Beach - Cannonvale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Airlie Beach - Cannonvale compared to the rest of the country. While 22.3% of Australians use another language at home, the figure here is far below that at just 7.9%. However, this diversity is growing, as the proportion of people using other languages has rose 4.0 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 81.8% of residents, with small numbers speaking Mandarin, Tagalog, and Punjabi. Although this is much higher than most similar areas, the 0.5% who speak little or no English is still a little below the national figure.
0.5% ▲ +55.8%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Airlie Beach - Cannonvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL313001/airlie-beach-cannonvale/topic/language