17.2% ▲ +67.3%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bracken Ridge · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Bracken Ridge
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people use a language other than English at home in Bracken Ridge than in most similar areas. While 80% of residents speak only English, the number of people using other languages rose by 6.9 percentage points since 2011 to reach 17.2%. This makes the area more linguistically diverse than the Queensland average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The typical resident speaks English, but 17.2% use another language at home, which is well above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. This diversity includes speakers of Punjabi (2.6%), Tagalog (1.2%), and Hindi (1.1%), though the 1.9% who speak little or no English is a little below the national average.
1.9% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Bracken Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/302041041/bracken-ridge/topic/language