28.8% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West End · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in West End
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people speak a language other than English in West End compared to the rest of Queensland. Nearly 29% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has risen since 2011 and remains well above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is spoken by 65.8% of the community, Mandarin is the most common other language at 5%. Despite the high linguistic diversity, the 3.1% who speak little or no English is about the same as the national figure.
3.1% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 West End [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305011112/west-end/topic/language