14.1% ▲ +51.5%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ipswich · Council (LGA)
Language in Ipswich
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 79.8% of residents in Ipswich. While this is the most common tongue, the area has seen a rise in diversity, with the number of people using another language at home climbing to 14.1%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 14.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas and up 4.8 points since 2011. Other common languages include Punjabi, Vietnamese, Hindi and Tagalog, though only 1.7% of the population speak little or no English.
1.7% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 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 Ipswich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33960/ipswich/topic/language