13.2% ▲ +61.9%
Higher than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
4212, QLD · Postcode
Language in 4212, QLD
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in postcode 4212 use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 13.2% of residents speak another language, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. English remains the dominant tongue for the vast majority of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home rose 5.1 percentage points since 2011 to reach 13.2%. English is spoken by 81.6% of the area, followed by Mandarin at 3.1%, while 1.7% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas.
1.7% ▲ +53.7%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 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 4212, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4212/4212-qld/topic/language