19.6% ▲ +22.3%
Higher than 59% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Griffith · Federal Electorate
Language in Griffith
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 75.4% of people in Griffith. While most of the area speaks English, the proportion of people using another language at home has risen to 19.6%, making it higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 19.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. Mandarin is the most common second language at 3.3%, yet those who speak little or no English make up only 2.0% of the population.
2.0% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 53% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Griffith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED313/griffith/topic/language