9.9% ▲ +49.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Capalaba · Suburb / Locality
Language in Capalaba
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue for 86% of people in Capalaba, though the area has more linguistic variety than most similar places. While the suburb is far less diverse than the national average, nearly 10% of residents use a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 9.9% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas but far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. Despite this, those who speak little or no English make up only 1.0% of the population, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
1.0% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Capalaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30524/capalaba/topic/language