11.4% ▲ +32.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brinsmead · Suburb / Locality
Language in Brinsmead
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Most people in Brinsmead speak only English, though 11.4% use another language at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 84.3% of residents, with small numbers speaking Cantonese, Mandarin, and Italian. Very few people struggle with English, as only 1.3% speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
1.3% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Brinsmead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30377/brinsmead/topic/language