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Petrie Terrace · Suburb / Locality

Language in Petrie Terrace

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary language for most of the 80.7% of people in Petrie Terrace, though a significant minority use other languages. This mix is much more common than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the national figure.

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📍 Petrie Terrace, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 13.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is about the same as the Queensland average. While this is much higher than most similar areas, very few people—just 0.9%—speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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13.4% ▲ +87.1%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.9% ▲ +6.9%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Petrie Terrace, English only is the majority at 96%; Mandarin is next at 2%.

English only 80.7% Mandarin 1.3% Arabic 0.4% Cantonese 0.4% Italian 0.4% Tagalog 0.3% Vietnamese 0.3%

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 Petrie Terrace [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32304/petrie-terrace/topic/language