5.9% ▲ +168.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Quinalow · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 84.9% of people in Quinalow. While the share of people speaking another language is far below the national figure, a surprisingly high proportion of the local population speaks little or no English.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.9% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well below the Queensland average. However, 4.9% of the community speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the state average and among the highest for similar areas.
5.9% ▲ +168.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
4.9% ▲ —
Higher than 91% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Quinalow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32378/quinalow/topic/language