52.6% ▲ +237.8%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rochedale - Burbank · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Rochedale - Burbank
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 52.6% of people in Rochedale - Burbank use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This shift is a recent trend, as the number of people using other languages has jumped 37 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common second language at 22.4%, followed by Cantonese at 6.0%. This diversity is reflected in the 8.1% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the Queensland average of 1.8%.
8.1% ▲ +47.1%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 8.1%
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 Rochedale - Burbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303031064/rochedale-burbank/topic/language