6.2% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Atherton · Urban Centre
Language in Atherton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much more diverse than most similar areas, Atherton has seen the proportion of people using a language other than English at home rise to 6.2%. While this is higher than nearby places, it remains well below the state and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 84.4% of residents, though Italian is the most common second language at 1.0%. Only 0.5% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the national average.
0.5% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 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 Atherton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314001/atherton/topic/language