10.5% ▲ +31.6%
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
4171, QLD · Postcode
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in postcode 4171 than in most similar areas, though this is still far below the national figure. Only 10.5% of residents use another language at home, but this has risen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
English and the largest community languages.
While 86.1% of people speak only English, 10.5% use another language at home, including small numbers speaking Mandarin and Italian. Very few residents struggle with English, as only 0.8% speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
10.5% ▲ +31.6%
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.8% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 60% 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 4171, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4171/4171-qld/topic/language