11.8% ▲ +22.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Geebung · Suburb / Locality
Language in Geebung
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher language diversity than most similar areas defines Geebung, where 11.8% of people speak another language at home. While this is higher than nearby spots, it remains a little below the Queensland figure and far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 85.3% of residents, though Mandarin is the most common second language at 1.4%. Only 1.2% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the state average but much higher than in most similar areas.
1.2% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.2%
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Geebung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31108/geebung/topic/language