13.7% ▲ +544.7%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Port Douglas - Craiglie · Urban Centre
Language in Port Douglas - Craiglie
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher share of people use a language other than English at home in Port Douglas - Craiglie than in most similar areas. While 13.7% of residents speak another language, the vast majority still use only English. This reflects a significant local shift, as the number of people using other languages rose 12 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 72.5% of residents, with Italian being the most common other language at 1.2%. Very few people speak little or no English at 0.8%, which is a little below the national figure.
0.8% ▲ +29.1%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Port Douglas - Craiglie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315080/port-douglas-craiglie/topic/language