17.4% ▲ +27.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Clayfield · Suburb / Locality
Language in Clayfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Clayfield speak a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 17.4% of residents use another language, this is well above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. It remains well below the national average of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home for 79% of residents, with Mandarin, Hindi, and Cantonese being the next most common. Despite a higher use of other languages than nearby areas, only 1.4% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
1.4% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Clayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30617/clayfield/topic/language