18.1% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fairfield · Suburb / Locality
Language in Fairfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of residents now speak a language other than English in Fairfield. While 18.1% of people use another language at home, this is well above the Queensland figure of 13.2%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 18.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. English is the main language for 78.7% of residents, followed by Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Greek. Only 1.4% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the state average.
1.4% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 81% 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 Fairfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31014/fairfield/topic/language