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

Noosa Coommunity Profile
Final Rep
        port A


           An estim
                   mated 95.3%
                             % of the Shiire’s residents spoke English only, h
                                                                             higher than both the
            SEQ Reggion (88.2%
                             %) and Queen
                                        nsland (89.7 7%).
           German was spoken n by 1.0% o
                                        of the Shire’s residents compared tto only 0.4%
                                                                                      % for the
            SEQ Reg
                  gion and the
                             e State.
           Reflectin           o linguistic diversity in the Shire, only 2.0% off the local po
                    ng the lack of                                                            opulation
            spoke laanguages other than the  e eight listed
                                                          d in the table below, co
                                                                                 ompared to 9.2%
                                                                                              9     for
            the SEQQ Region andd 8.0% for thhe State.

          Table 2.4: Language Spoken at Ho
                                         ome, Broaderr Region, 2011
          Language               Unit   Noosa Shire L
                                                    LGA   South East
                                                                E    Queenslan
                                                                             nd   Queensla
                                                                                         and
          Speaks Englissh only    %              955.3%                  88.2
                                                                            2%         89.77%
          German                  %               11.0%                   0.4
                                                                            4%          0.44%
          French                  %               00.4%                   0.3
                                                                            3%          0.22%
          Italian                 %               00.4%                   0.5
                                                                            5%          0.55%
          Dutch                   %               00.3%                   0.2
                                                                            2%          0.22%
          Spanish                 %               00.3%                   0.5
                                                                            5%          0.44%
          Japanese                %               00.2%                   0.4
                                                                            4%          0.33%
          Greek                   %               00.2%                   0.3
                                                                            3%          0.33%
          Other Langua
                     age          %               22.0%                   9.2
                                                                            2%          8.00%
          Total                  %             100..0%                 100.0%        100.0
                                                                                         0%
          Source: ABS (2011a)




                                                                                                    16