6.6% ▲ +43.1%
Lower than 68% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ipswich Inner · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Ipswich Inner
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Ipswich Inner have started using a language other than English at home since 2011, rising to 6.6%. Despite this growth, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the country, with the vast majority of residents speaking only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 88% of the population, leaving only 0.8% who speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure. Other languages spoken in small numbers include Mandarin, Tagalog, and Punjabi, each at 0.3%.
0.8% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Ipswich Inner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31003/ipswich-inner/topic/language