3.5% ▲ +407.4%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tolga - West · Urban Centre
Language in Tolga - West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge gap exists between Tolga - West (L) and the rest of the country, with only 3.5% of people using a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%. The area is overwhelmingly English-speaking, though the number of people using other languages has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 89.4% of residents speak only English, and the 3.5% who use another language at home is well below the Queensland figure of 13.2%. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.2% speaking little or no English, which is well below the national average.
0.2% ▼ -57.0%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Tolga - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321105/tolga-west/topic/language