9.2% ▲ +89.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
East Toowoomba · Suburb / Locality
Language in East Toowoomba
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A small but notable number of residents in East Toowoomba use a language other than English at home. While 86.5% of people speak only English, about 9.2% use another language, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home is well below the Queensland and national figures. Similarly, the 1.6% who speak little or no English is a little below the Australian average, though still much higher than in most similar areas.
1.6% ▲ +184.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 East Toowoomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30933/east-toowoomba/topic/language