18.0% ▲ +35.3%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Newstead - Bowen Hills · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Newstead - Bowen Hills
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language diversity has grown steadily in Newstead - Bowen Hills, with the share of people using a language other than English rising by 4.7 percentage points since 2011. Now, 18.0% of residents speak another language at home, which is well above the Queensland figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 18.0% of people use another language at home—mostly Mandarin, Italian and Cantonese—very few struggle with English. Only 1.3% of the population speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure and barely changed since 2016.
1.3% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Newstead - Bowen Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305031128/newstead-bowen-hills/topic/language