Kinka Beach · Urban Centre

Language in Kinka Beach

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Only 1.3% of people in Kinka Beach spoke another language at home in 2021, a sharp drop from 7.3% in 2011. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Queensland and Australia.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language here, with 88.1% of residents using only English at home. Very few people struggle with the language, as the proportion of those speaking little or no English fell to 0.0% by 2021.

1.3% ▼ -81.7%

Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.3%
  • 2016: 5.2%
  • 2021: 1.3%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Kinka Beach, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Kinka Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321061/kinka-beach/topic/language