5.7% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bloomfield · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bloomfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English continues to be the primary tongue in Bloomfield, where very few people use other languages at home. While more residents use another language compared to similar areas, the 5.7% figure remains far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 71.9% of people speak only English. While 5.7% of the population uses another language at home, which is higher than in most similar areas, this is still well below the Queensland figure of 13.2%. Notably, no one in the area speaks little or no English.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Bloomfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30288/bloomfield/topic/language