12.0% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 50% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brisbane Inner - East · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Brisbane Inner - East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for the vast majority of people in Brisbane Inner - East, where 83.8% of residents speak only English at home. While most people here use English, the number of residents using another language has risen to 12% since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 12% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This includes small groups speaking Mandarin, Italian, Greek and Cantonese, though very few people (1.0%) speak little or no English.
1.0% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30502/brisbane-inner-east/topic/language