32.5% ▲ +27.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kelvin Grove · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kelvin Grove
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language diversity in Kelvin Grove has grown significantly, with 32.5% of people now speaking a language other than English at home. This is far above the figures for Queensland and Australia, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its type.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 63.6% of residents speak only English, Mandarin is the most common other language at 7.4%. A small number of people—3%—speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas.
3.0% ▼ -61.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 Kelvin Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31500/kelvin-grove/topic/language