23.3% ▲ +61.4%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Chapel Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Chapel Hill
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly a quarter of people in Chapel Hill now speak a language other than English at home. This is a far higher proportion than across Queensland, and the number of people using other languages has risen by 8.9 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 23.3% of residents use a language other than English—most commonly Mandarin at 5.6%—very few struggle with English. Only 1.7% of the population speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
1.7% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Chapel Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/304021088/chapel-hill/topic/language