29.1% ▲ +33.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Carindale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Carindale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 30% of people in Carindale speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This mix of backgrounds means that a third of the local population brings a global perspective to daily life in the suburb.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 68.6% of residents, but 29.1% use another tongue, which is far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. Common languages include Mandarin (6.5%), Cantonese (2.9%), and Greek (2.8%), while 3.4% of people speak little or no English.
3.4% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 Carindale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30540/carindale/topic/language