Sharon · Urban Centre

Language in Sharon

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

A huge gap exists between the language spoken in Sharon (L) and the rest of the country, with 95.8% of people speaking only English at home. This is a very uniform area where almost no one uses a language other than English.

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📍 Sharon, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 1.0% of people use another language at home, which is far below the Queensland figure of 13.2% and the national figure of 22.3%. This trend has fallen slightly since 2011, and no one in the area speaks little or no English.

1.0% ▼ -50.5%

Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 1.0%

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

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.

Language used at home

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In Sharon, 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 Sharon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321093/sharon/topic/language