2015-03-03 Attachment 1 it Item 5 Planning & Organisation Agenda Community Profile Report

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Noosa Community P
                Profile
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Final Report A



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2.8         Langu
                uages Spoke
                          en at Home
             Most localities reported having over 95% of residents speaking English
                                                                                   h only at home, with the exceptiion of Sunshine Beach to Peregia
                                                                                                                                                  an
              Beach
                  h (94.6%), Noosaville, Doonan (94 4.3%) and Noosa Heads (93.1%).
             Aside from English, generally German, French and Italian were most com
                                                                                   mmonly spoken att home throughou
                                                                                                                  ut each locality.

Table 2.3: Language Spoken at Hom
T                               me, Localities, 20
                                                 011
                                                    Sunshin
                                                          ne Beach to       F
                                                                            Federal to    Noosav
                                                                                               ville and        Nooosa    Noosa   Ridgewood to   Boreen Point, Kin Kin
                                                                                                                                                                   K
L
Language              U
                      Unit   Cooroibah   T
                                         Tewantin     Pere
                                                         egian Beach    Ringttail Creek         Doonan
                                                                                                D          North Sho
                                                                                                                   ore    Heads     Tinbeerwah        and Cootharab ba
S
Speaks English only   No.       97.0%       95.6%              94.6%            97.0%             94.3%         96.8%     93.1%         96.4%                   95.3
                                                                                                                                                                   3%
G
German                No.        1.0%       1.0%                0.8%             0.8%              1.0%          2.3%      1.2%          1.1%                    1.6
                                                                                                                                                                   6%
French                No.        0.5%       0.4%                0.6%             0.3%              0.3%          0.0%      0.4%          0.2%                    0.2
                                                                                                                                                                   2%
Ittalian              No.        0.2%       0.3%                0.3%             0.3%              0.5%          0.0%      0.6%          0.2%                    0.5
                                                                                                                                                                   5%
D
Dutch                 No.        0.0%       0.2%                0.3%             0.4%              0.4%          1.0%      0.4%          0.3%                    0.4
                                                                                                                                                                   4%
S
Spanish               No.        0.0%       0.2%                0.4%             0.2%              0.4%          0.0%      0.2%          0.3%                    0.4
                                                                                                                                                                   4%
Ja
 apanese              No.        0.0%       0.1%                0.2%             0.1%              0.1%          0.0%      0.3%          0.1%                    0.6
                                                                                                                                                                   6%
G
Greek                 No.        0.0%       0.1%                0.3%             0.1%              0.3%          0.0%      0.2%          0.2%                    0.0
                                                                                                                                                                   0%
O
Other Language        No.        1.3%       2.1%                2.4%             0.9%              2.7%          0.0%      3.6%          1.2%                    1.0
                                                                                                                                                                   0%
T
Total                 No.     100.0%      100.0%             100.0%           100.0%            100.0%
                                                                                                1             100.0
                                                                                                                  0%     100.0%       100.0%                  100.0%
                                                                                                                                                                   %
So
 ource: ABS (2011a)




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