24.9% ▲ +27.0%
Higher than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sherwood - Indooroopilly · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Sherwood - Indooroopilly
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people speak a language other than English at home in Sherwood - Indooroopilly than in the rest of Queensland. About 24.9% of residents use a different language, which is a little above the national figure and has risen by 5.3 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 71.6% of people, Mandarin is the most common other tongue at 6.3%. Around 2.3% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is higher than most areas and has barely changed since 2016.
2.3% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 Sherwood - Indooroopilly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30403/sherwood-indooroopilly/topic/language