40.4% ▲ +41.1%
Higher than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mt Gravatt · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Mt Gravatt
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A 12 percentage point rise since 2011 shows Mt Gravatt has become much more linguistically diverse. Now, 40.4% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 55.7% of residents, though Mandarin is common at 13.0%. This high diversity is reflected in the 6.6% of people who speak little or no English, which is well above the Queensland figure of 1.8%.
6.6% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Mt Gravatt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30303/mt-gravatt/topic/language