25.9% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Darling Heights · Suburb / Locality
Language in Darling Heights
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than a quarter of people in Darling Heights use a language other than English at home. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than most other parts of the region. It is a place where a wide range of native tongues are spoken in daily life.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 25.9% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. While English is the most common, other languages include Arabic, Punjabi, Mandarin and Tagalog. This diversity is mirrored by the 2.8% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.8% ▼ -42.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Darling Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30809/darling-heights/topic/language