26.9% ▲ +1565.7%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fraser Island · Urban Centre
Language in Fraser Island
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 25 percentage point jump since 2011 means Fraser Island now has a much more linguistically diverse population. More than a quarter of residents now speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the Queensland figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 26.9% of people use a language other than English at home, with Hindi being the most common non-English language at 10.4%. Despite this diversity, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English, which is well below the national figure.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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 Fraser Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322047/fraser-island/topic/language