29.6% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brisbane Inner · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Brisbane Inner
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 62.7% of people in Brisbane Inner, though the area is far more linguistically diverse than most. Nearly 30% of residents speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen steadily since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The 29.6% of people using another language at home is far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. While Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 6.1%, those who speak little or no English make up 3.2% of the population, which is slightly above the state average.
3.2% ▼ -29.0%
Higher than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.2%
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 Brisbane Inner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30501/brisbane-inner/topic/language