14.4% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Riverview · Suburb / Locality
Language in Riverview
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 72% of people in Riverview, though the area is more linguistically diverse than most similar places. While it sits well below the national average for non-English speakers, it remains a little above the Queensland figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 14.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This includes small groups speaking Vietnamese, Mandarin, Hindi and Cantonese, while 2.9% of people speak little or no English.
2.9% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 Riverview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32442/riverview/topic/language