9.1% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Paddington · Suburb / Locality
Language in Paddington
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Paddington than the national figure, with only 9.1% doing so. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken at home by 87.4% of residents. Only 0.6% of the population speak little or no English, which is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
0.6% ▼ -49.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Paddington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32250/paddington/topic/language