36.2% ▲ +61.7%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Algester · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Algester
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people in Algester use a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. Around 36.2% of residents speak another language, a figure that has risen by 14 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 9.7%, followed by Cantonese and Punjabi. This diversity is reflected in the 6.3% of people who speak little or no English, which is well above the Queensland figure of 1.8%.
6.3% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Algester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303051072/algester/topic/language