31.9% ▲ +43.8%
Higher than 76% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rankin · Federal Electorate
Language in Rankin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 32% of people in Rankin use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the Queensland average. This linguistic diversity has grown significantly over the last decade and is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 61.6% of residents speak only English, Mandarin is the most common second language at 5.5%. Around 6% of the population speak little or no English, which is well above the state figure and has barely changed since 2016.
6.0% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Rankin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED327/rankin/topic/language