17.1% ▲ +39.3%
Higher than 64% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brisbane - North · Region (SA4)
Language in Brisbane - North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people speak a language other than English in Brisbane - North, with this figure rising 4.8 percentage points since 2011. While 17.1% of residents now use another language at home, this is well above the Queensland average but still well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 79.1% of people, though Punjabi, Mandarin, and Hindi are also spoken. Despite the rise in diverse languages, the 1.8% who speak little or no English is about the same as the state average and has barely changed since 2016.
1.8% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 57% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/302/brisbane-north/topic/language