25.9% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Chermside · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Chermside
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over a quarter of people in Chermside use a language other than English at home, making it a linguistically diverse hub. This reflects a trend where the use of non-English languages rose by 5.1 percentage points since 2011 to reach 25.9%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 66.3% of residents speak only English, others use Mandarin, Tagalog, Punjabi or Hindi. The proportion of people who speak little or no English is 3.3%, which is a little above the Queensland figure of 1.8%.
3.3% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 Chermside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/302021028/chermside/topic/language