40.6% ▲ +17.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 46.8%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brisbane City · Suburb / Locality
Language in Brisbane City
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Forty per cent of people in Brisbane City speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure and marks the area as one of the most linguistically diverse spots in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 40.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the 13.2% seen in Queensland. While English is only used by 51.2% of people, Mandarin is the next most common language at 10.6%, and 5.0% of the population speak little or no English.
5.0% ▼ -45.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Brisbane City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30379/brisbane-city/topic/language