16.9% ▲ +37.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Northgate · Suburb / Locality
Language in Northgate
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 16.9% of people in Northgate speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is well above the Queensland figure, it remains well below the national average. Most residents use only English, though there is a diverse mix of other languages spoken across the suburb.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly 17% of residents use a language other than English at home, with Punjabi, Italian, Hindi and Cantonese being the most common alternatives. Despite this diversity, only 1.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland average.
1.7% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Northgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32188/northgate/topic/language