40.6% ▲ +45.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Berrinba · Suburb / Locality
Language in Berrinba
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 40% of Berrinba residents now speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has climbed significantly since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than both Queensland and Australia, with a strong presence of Punjabi and Arabic speakers.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 40.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This diversity is reflected in the 6.0% who speak little or no English, a rate well above the Queensland average of 1.8%.
6.0% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Berrinba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30240/berrinba/topic/language