24.7% ▲ +105.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kearneys Spring · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kearneys Spring
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in four people in Kearneys Spring now use a language other than English at home, marking a significant increase in diversity for the area. This is much higher than most similar places, with 24.7% of residents speaking a second language. The community is far more linguistically diverse than the Queensland average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 69.7% of residents, while others commonly speak Punjabi, Arabic, Mandarin, and Hindi. Around 3.5% of people speak little or no English, which is a little above the Queensland figure and much higher than most other areas.
3.5% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 Kearneys Spring [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31496/kearneys-spring/topic/language