25.8% ▲ +393.7%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gatton · Urban Centre
Language in Gatton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 67.5% of people in Gatton. However, the area has seen a huge shift in diversity, with those using another language at home jumping from 5.2% in 2011 to 25.8% in 2021.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 25.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. This is reflected in the 7.5% who speak little or no English, a figure well above the national average of 3.4%.
7.5% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 Gatton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314010/gatton/topic/language