36.3% ▲ +35.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ellen Grove · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ellen Grove
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Ellen Grove than in most similar areas. About 36.3% of residents use a second language at home, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area significantly more linguistically diverse than the rest of Queensland.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 55.2% of people, while 9% speak Vietnamese. This diversity is reflected in the fact that 6.9% of residents speak little or no English, which is well above the Queensland figure of 1.8%.
6.9% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Ellen Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30963/ellen-grove/topic/language