Richmond · Suburb / Locality

Language in Richmond

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

Almost everyone in Richmond speaks English daily, with only 1.4% of people using another language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Queensland and Australia.

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📍 Richmond, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 80.3% of the population. Very few people speak another language here, and the proportion of those who speak little or no English is well below the national figure of 3.4%.

1.4% ▼ -36.4%

Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 1.4%

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

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.

Language used at home

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In Richmond, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Richmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32425/richmond/topic/language