2.0% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Preston · Suburb / Locality
Language in Preston
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken by 87% of people at home in Preston, making it the dominant language here. Very few residents use a language other than English, which is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Just 2% of people in Preston use another language at home, a figure far below both the Queensland and Australian averages. Despite this, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas, even though it remains well below the national figure of 3.4%.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Preston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32363/preston/topic/language