3.9% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Palmwoods · Urban Centre
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Palmwoods compared to the rest of the country. Only 3.9% of residents use another language at home, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 91.9% of people here. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 0.3% speaking little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.
3.9% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.3% ▼ -50.3%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Palmwoods [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314019/palmwoods/topic/language