12.7% ▲ +222.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Glenvale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Glenvale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 13% of Glenvale residents speak a language other than English at home, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is about the same as the Queensland average, it remains well below the national figure. Most people here use English only.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 81.9% of the community, though 12.7% use another language, including Tagalog, Mandarin and Punjabi. About 2.1% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most other similar areas.
2.1% ▲ +86.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 Glenvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31174/glenvale/topic/language