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

Noosa Coommunity Profile
Final Rep
        port A


5.5       English
                h Proficie
                         ency
           English is generallyy very well spoken acrross localitie es in the Sh   hire with mo ore than
            95.0% ofo residents in each loca ality speakinng English either as thei r native langguage or
            very weell/ well. Onlly two localiities reported any signifficant lack in
                                                                                    n English prroficiency
            with 4.3
                   3% of reside ents in Noossa North Shore and 2.3   3% of reside   ents in Noossa Heads
            stating they
                    t    spoke English
                                E        not w
                                             well or not at all.

          Figure 5.9:: English Pro
                                 oficiency, Loccalities, 2011
                                         100.0%
                                         90.0%
          Proficiency in English (%)




                                         80.0%
                                         70.0%
                                         60.0%
                                         50.0%
                                         40.0%
                                         30.0%
                                         20.0%
                                         10.0%
                                          0.0%




                                                  Speaks English
                                                               h only
                                                  Speaks other language and speakks English: Very Welll or Well
                                                  Speaks other language and speakks English: Not Well or Not At All
          Source: ABS (2011a)

           Residents in the Shire generally
                                           y speak Engglish with sig           more proficiency than
                                                                   gnificantly m
                   ader SEQ Re
            the broa           egion and thhe State. An
                                                      n estimated 85.1% of re   esidents in the
                                                                                            t   Shire
            spoke English
                   E       as th
                               heir native language coompared to 63.3% in tthe SEQ Reg      gion and
            64.2% in the State.
                   nly 0.9% of the Shire’s residents sp
           While on                                  poke English not well or not at all, compared
            to 5.4%
                  % in the SEQ Region and 5.2% in the e State.

          Figure 5.10
                    0: English Prroficiency, B roader Regio
                                                          on, 2011
                                         90.0%

                                         80.0%

                                         70.0%
            Proficiency in English (%)




                                         60.0%

                                         50.0%

                                         40.0%

                                         30.0%

                                         20.0%

                                         10.0%

                                          0.0%
                                                  Noosa Shire LGA
                                                              L                 Sou
                                                                                  uth East Queensland
                                                                                                    d                 Qu
                                                                                                                       ueensland
                                                      Speaks Ennglish only
                                                      Speaks otther language and speaks
                                                                                 s      English: Veryy Well or Well
                                                      Speaks otther language and speaks
                                                                                 s      English: Not Well or Not At All
          Source: ABS (2011a)




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