17.7% —
Higher than 69% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Greater Brisbane · Capital City
Language in Greater Brisbane
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Greater Brisbane use a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. While 17.7% of residents speak another language, this figure is well below the national average of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 77.3% of residents, though the share of people using other languages rose to 17.7% since 2016. Mandarin is the most common second language at 2.5%, while 2.5% of the population speak little or no English.
2.5% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 71% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Greater Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/3GBRI/greater-brisbane/topic/language