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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 74.3% of recent overseas arrivals in 2021, spoke a language other than English at home.
Rockhampton Regional Council's language statistics show the proportion of the population who speak a language at home other than English. For recent arrivals, this is a good indicator of translation services which might be required, as recent arrivals may be less likely to have good English skills. They represent the languages which have increased in prevalence in just the last few years in Rockhampton Regional Council compared to Regional QLD.
Rockhampton Regional Council's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth and Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
Language spoken at home - Ranked by size | |||
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Rockhampton Regional Council - Recent arrivals | 2021 | ||
Language | Number | % | Regional QLD |
Mandarin | 281 | 15.9 | 7.7 |
Nepali | 111 | 6.3 | 3.0 |
Tagalog | 108 | 6.1 | 2.6 |
Malayalam | 84 | 4.8 | 2.1 |
Filipino | 77 | 4.4 | 2.4 |
Punjabi | 67 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
Tamil | 44 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
Sinhalese | 43 | 2.4 | 0.9 |
Vietnamese | 42 | 2.4 | 1.4 |
Afrikaans | 40 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
Language spoken at home - Summary | |||
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Rockhampton Regional Council - Recent arrivals | 2021 | ||
Language summary | Number | % | Regional QLD |
Speaks English only | 428 | 24.2 | 34.8 |
Non-English total | 1,313 | 74.3 | 63.6 |
Not stated | 26 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
Total people | 1,767 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Analysis of the language spoken at home by recent overseas arrivals in Rockhampton Regional Council in 2021 compared to Regional QLD shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who spoke English only, and a larger proportion of those speaking a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 24.2% of recent overseas arrivals spoke English only, and 74.3% spoke a non-English language, compared with 34.8% and 63.6% respectively for Regional QLD.
The dominant language spoken at home by recent overseas arrivals, other than English, in Rockhampton Regional Council was Mandarin, with 15.9% of the population, or 281 people speaking this language at home.
The major differences between the languages spoken at home for the recent overseas arriving population of Rockhampton and Regional QLD in 2021 were:
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