56.0% ▲ +22.8%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 45.6%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Eight Mile Plains · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Eight Mile Plains
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over half of all residents in Eight Mile Plains speak a language other than English at home. This far exceeds both state and national figures, with the proportion of people using another language rising 10 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 20.0%, followed by Cantonese at 6.1%. While 56.0% of people use another language at home, the share of those who speak little or no English is well above the national figure at 10.3%.
10.3% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Eight Mile Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303031060/eight-mile-plains/topic/language