24.0% ▲ +82.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kanimbla · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far greater share of people now speak a language other than English at home in Kanimbla compared to previous years. About 24% of residents use another language, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly one in four people use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the Queensland average of 13.2%. While English is spoken by 72.2% of the population, 4.4% speak little or no English, which is among the highest rates for areas of this size.
24.0% ▲ +82.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
4.4% ▲ +95.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Kanimbla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31483/kanimbla/topic/language