13.8% ▲ +32.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ashmore · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ashmore
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in Ashmore compared to similar areas. While 13.8% of residents use another language at home, this is about the same as the Queensland figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 78% of the area, with Mandarin being the most common other language at 1.8%. While the number of people speaking little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains a little below the national figure at 1.4%.
1.4% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 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 Ashmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30093/ashmore/topic/language