18.3% ▲ +31.8%
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brisbane · Federal Electorate
Language in Brisbane
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Brisbane sees 18.3% of people using a language other than English at home. This figure has risen by 4.4 percentage points since 2011, reflecting a growing linguistic diversity within the city.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 76.6% of residents speak only English, those using another language at home are well above the Queensland figure but well below the national average. Only 1.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the state average and has fallen since 2016.
1.7% ▼ -33.1%
Lower than 52% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED304/brisbane/topic/language