Ipswich - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Ipswich - North

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A far lower proportion of people use a language other than English at home in Ipswich - North compared to the rest of the country. Only 3.5% of residents speak another language, which is a huge gap below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other similar regions.

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📍 Ipswich - North, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 94.2% of people here, and the 0.4% who speak little or no English is much lower than in most areas. While the number of people using other languages rose 1.3 percentage points since 2011, the area remains well below the Queensland average.

3.5% ▲ +58.5%

Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 3.5%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.4% ▲ +27.3%

Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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.

Language used at home

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In Ipswich - North, English only is the majority at 100%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

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 Ipswich - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/310031288/ipswich-north/topic/language