18.6% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Riverhills · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Riverhills
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in five people in Riverhills speak a language other than English at home, making it more linguistically diverse than most similar areas. While this is well above the Queensland average, it remains well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 18.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure that rose 2.3 points since 2011. English is used by 79% of the community, while Mandarin, Vietnamese and Arabic are the most common other languages; however, very few people (1.9%) speak little or no English.
1.9% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Riverhills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/304011083/riverhills/topic/language