3.5% ▲ +42.2%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sapphire · Urban Centre
Language in Sapphire
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Sapphire than the national average. Only 3.5% of residents use another language at home, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 79% of the population. While the number of people using other languages rose slightly since 2011, there are currently no residents who speak little or no English.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
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 Sapphire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321091/sapphire/topic/language