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Koongal - Lakes Creek

Language used at home

In Koongal - Lakes Creek, 10.2% of people used a language other than English at home in 2021.

Koongal - Lakes Creek's language statistics show the proportion of the population who use a language at home other than English. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language.

Koongal - Lakes Creek'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.

Please note: Due to ABS rules regarding perturbation of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual language groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'

Language used at home - Summary
Koongal - Lakes Creek - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Language summaryNumber%Rockhampton %Number%Rockhampton %2016 to 2021
Speaks English only4,03382.686.14,15484.187.2-121
Non-English total49810.26.54789.75.8+19
Not stated3497.27.53086.27.0+40
Total Population4,880100.0100.04,941100.0100.0-62
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Language used at home - Ranked by size
Koongal - Lakes Creek - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Language (excludes English)Number%Rockhampton %Number%Rockhampton %2016 to 2021
Mandarin1292.60.6120.20.3+117
Vietnamese951.90.51322.70.5-37
Filipino/Tagalog581.20.9701.40.8-12
Rohingya420.90.1--------
Tamil330.70.2410.80.3-8
Portuguese180.40.2150.30.3+3
German110.20.1140.30.1-3
Chinese, nfd100.20.030.10.0+7

Excludes languages spoken at home by fewer than 10 people.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the language used at home by the population of Koongal - Lakes Creek in 2021 compared to Rockhampton shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who used English only, and a larger proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).

Overall, 82.6% of the population used English only, and 10.2% used a non-English language, compared with 86.1% and 6.5% respectively for Rockhampton.

The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Koongal - Lakes Creek was Mandarin, with 2.6% of the population, or 129 people using this language at home.

The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Koongal - Lakes Creek and Rockhampton in 2021 were:

  • A larger percentage using Mandarin at home (2.6% compared to 0.6%)
  • A larger percentage using Vietnamese at home (1.9% compared to 0.5%)

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 20 or 4.2%, and the number of people who used English only decreased by 121 or 2.9%.

The largest change in the languages used by the population in Koongal - Lakes Creek between 2016 and 2021 was for those using:

  • Mandarin (+117 persons)

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