17.5% ▲ +28.2%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Clayfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Clayfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 78.7% of people in Clayfield. While the area is more linguistically diverse than much of Queensland, it remains well below the national average for the use of languages other than English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 17.5% of residents speak another language at home, a figure that has risen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011. Despite this growth, very few struggle with English, with only 1.4% speaking little or no English.
1.4% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Clayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305031122/clayfield/topic/language