16.9% ▲ +36.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Parkwood · Suburb / Locality
Language in Parkwood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 17% of people in Parkwood speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is well above the Queensland average, it remains well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 77.8% of residents, but Mandarin is the most common other tongue at 3.1%. About 2% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.0% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Parkwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32278/parkwood/topic/language