3.1% ▲ +56.7%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fernvale · Urban Centre
Language in Fernvale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken exclusively in 93% of Fernvale homes, making it the dominant language of the area. Only 3.1% of residents use another language at home, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While the proportion of people using another language at home rose slightly since 2011 to 3.1%, it remains much lower than the 22.3% national figure. Only 0.6% of people speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas but a little below the Queensland average.
0.6% ▲ —
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Fernvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315035/fernvale/topic/language