35.2% ▲ +46.7%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Indooroopilly · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Indooroopilly
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than a third of people in Indooroopilly speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This diversity has grown steadily, with the proportion of people using another language rising 11 points since 2011. It makes Indooroopilly much more multilingual than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language spoken here at 10.2%, followed by Cantonese, Hindi and Arabic. While 35.2% of people use another language at home, only 3.6% speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
3.6% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 Indooroopilly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/304031094/indooroopilly/topic/language