18.1% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Moorooka · Suburb / Locality
Language in Moorooka
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in five people in Moorooka speak another language at home, which is much higher than in most other areas. While this is well above the Queensland figure, it remains well below the national average. This linguistic variety reflects a community where English is the main language, but other tongues are common.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 18.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, with Vietnamese, Arabic, Mandarin and Greek being the most common. This is consistent with a higher-than-average 2.5% of the population speaking little or no English.
2.5% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Moorooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31910/moorooka/topic/language