11.4% ▲ +87.2%
Lower than 52% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Moreton Bay - South · Region (SA4)
Language in Moreton Bay - South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue for most people in Moreton Bay - South, where 85.1% of residents speak only English at home. While the area is far less linguistically diverse than the national average, the number of people using other languages has risen steadily in recent years.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 11.4% of people use a language other than English at home, which is a little below the Queensland figure and far below the Australian average. This is a growing trend, up 5.3 percentage points since 2011, though those who speak little or no English remain a small group at 1.1%.
1.1% ▲ +30.4%
Lower than 61% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Moreton Bay - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/314/moreton-bay-south/topic/language