22.8% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Herston · Suburb / Locality
Language in Herston
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 69.0% of people in Herston. This area is much more linguistically diverse than most similar places, with nearly 23% of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 22.8% of people use another language at home, which is well above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. While Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 4.0%, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is much higher than most areas at 1.9%.
1.9% ▼ -54.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Herston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31324/herston/topic/language