38.5% ▲ +61.4%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wishart · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Wishart
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 39% of people in Wishart speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This linguistic diversity has grown significantly, with the proportion of people using another language rising by 15 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 59.1% of residents speak only English, Mandarin is the most common second language at 10.2%, followed by Cantonese at 4.0%. About 5.3% of people speak little or no English, which is well above the Queensland figure of 1.8%.
5.3% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 Wishart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303031066/wishart/topic/language