5.3% ▲ +123.0%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wonga Beach · Urban Centre
Language in Wonga Beach
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started using languages other than English at home in Wonga Beach (L), with the figure rising to 5.3% since 2011. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the national figure of 22.3%. English remains the dominant language for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.3% of residents speak another language at home, which is well below the Queensland figure of 13.2%. This linguistic shift is paired with very high English proficiency, as only 0.3% of people speak little or no English.
0.3% ▼ -57.4%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Wonga Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321111/wonga-beach/topic/language