7.1% ▲ —
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Silkwood · Urban Centre
Language in Silkwood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for most people in Silkwood, though the use of other languages has grown from nothing in 2011 to 7.1% today. This shift means a small but increasing number of residents now use a language other than English in their daily lives.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Punjabi is the most common non-English language spoken at home at 6.6%. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, the 1.9% of people who speak little or no English is about the same as the Queensland figure.
1.9% ▲ —
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Silkwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322108/silkwood/topic/language