24.0% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Toowong · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Toowong
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one quarter of Toowong residents speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the Queensland average. This trend has grown since 2011, making the area more linguistically diverse than most similar places. English remains the main language, but Mandarin is the most common second language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 24% of people use another language at home, which is 11 percentage points higher than across Queensland. While this is a little above the national figure, only 1.9% of residents speak little or no English, a rate that has barely changed since 2016.
1.9% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Toowong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305041137/toowong/topic/language