27.3% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bowen Hills · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bowen Hills
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Bowen Hills now speak a language other than English at home compared to previous censuses. Over a quarter of the population, 27.3%, use a language other than English, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The 27.3% of residents who speak another language at home is far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. While English is used by 64% of people, other common languages include Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi and Arabic. About 1.9% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.9% ▼ -40.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Bowen Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30343/bowen-hills/topic/language