16.4% ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brisbane Inner - North · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Brisbane Inner - North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Brisbane Inner - North use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 16.4% of residents speak a different language, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 78.8% of residents, though the use of other languages has risen 3.5 percentage points since 2011. Only 1.4% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
1.4% ▼ -37.5%
Higher than 50% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30503/brisbane-inner-north/topic/language