28.4% ▲ +46.4%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Browns Plains · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Browns Plains
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 28% of people in Browns Plains now use a language other than English at home, a figure that has climbed 9 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most other parts of the state and country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 62.5% of residents speak only English, Punjabi, Arabic, and Hindi are among the most common other languages used. About 4.8% of people speak little or no English, which is well above the Queensland figure of 1.8%.
4.8% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Browns Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/311031312/browns-plains/topic/language