25.3% ▲ +26.6%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Taringa · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Taringa
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Taringa than in most similar areas. About one in four residents uses another language at home, which is well above the national figure. This trend has grown over the last decade as the area becomes more linguistically diverse.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 25.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. While Mandarin is the most common second language at 5.3%, only 2.5% of residents speak little or no English.
2.5% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Taringa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/304031097/taringa/topic/language