19.1% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
East Brisbane · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in East Brisbane
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in five people in East Brisbane speak a language other than English at home. This makes the area more linguistically diverse than most similar places, with the proportion of people using another language rising to 19.1% since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 75.1% of residents speak only English, the area has a higher rate of non-English speakers than the Queensland figure of 13.2%. Mandarin is the most common second language at 2.4%, and only 2.1% of people speak little or no English.
2.1% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 East Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305021115/east-brisbane/topic/language