54.5% ▲ +33.3%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.9%
- 2016: 50.7%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kuraby · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kuraby
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of Kuraby residents speak a language other than English at home, which is among the highest proportion for any similar area. This makes the suburb far more linguistically diverse than both Queensland and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 54.5% of people use a language other than English at home, far above the national figure of 22.3%. This is reflected in the variety of languages spoken, with Mandarin (9.9%), Arabic (4.9%), and Cantonese (4.3%) being common, while 8.1% of residents speak little or no English.
8.1% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 8.1%
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 Kuraby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31588/kuraby/topic/language