8.7% ▲ +28.9%
Lower than 64% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brisbane - East · Region (SA4)
Language in Brisbane - East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Brisbane - East, where only 8.7% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, marking it as an area with much less linguistic diversity than most other parts of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak English only (87.7%), and the number of people using other languages is well below the Queensland average. Very few people struggle with English, as only 0.8% speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.8% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 70% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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 Brisbane - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/301/brisbane-east/topic/language