4.9% ▼ -94.5%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 89.6%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
El Arish · Urban Centre
Language in El Arish
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for 87.8% of people in El Arish (L). While the use of other languages is higher here than in most similar areas, it remains far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home fell sharply to 4.9% since 2011. This is well below the Queensland figure, and no one in the area reports speaking 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 El Arish [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322039/el-arish/topic/language