30.3% ▲ +43.9%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
4122, QLD · Postcode
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people speak a language other than English at home in postcode 4122 than in most similar areas. About 30.3% of residents use another language, a figure that has risen by 9.3 points since 2011. This makes the area well above the national average for linguistic diversity.
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 65.5% of people, Mandarin is the next most common at 7.1%, followed by Cantonese, Greek and Hindi. A little more than 4% of residents speak little or no English, which is a figure slightly above the Queensland average.
30.3% ▲ +43.9%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
4.2% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in 4122, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4122/4122-qld/topic/language