44.3% ▲ +70.5%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 44.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Parkinson - Drewvale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Parkinson - Drewvale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of the people in Parkinson - Drewvale use a language other than English at home, making it a far more multilingual area than most of the country. This diversity has grown quickly, with the proportion of people using other languages rising 18 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 44.3% of residents speak a language other than English, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While 52.7% speak only English, common alternative languages include Mandarin (13.1%), Punjabi (3.9%), and Cantonese (3.7%). This high linguistic diversity is reflected in the 7.0% of people who speak little or no English, a figure well above the Queensland average of 1.8%.
7.0% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Parkinson - Drewvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303051075/parkinson-drewvale/topic/language