5.7% ▲ +48.0%
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
4505, QLD · Postcode
Language in 4505, QLD
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in postcode 4505 compared to the rest of the country. While 22.3% of Australians speak another language, the figure here is far below that at just 5.7%. English remains the primary tongue for the vast majority of the area.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly 90% of residents speak only English at home, which is well below the Queensland figure. A small number of people speak Mandarin, Punjabi, Tagalog or Hindi, and the proportion of people using another language rose 1.8 points since 2011. Only 0.7% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.7% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 4505, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4505/4505-qld/topic/language