18.4% ▲ +73.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rochedale South · Suburb / Locality
Language in Rochedale South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in Rochedale South compared to most similar areas. While 18.4% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 78.5% of the area, while others include Mandarin, Punjabi and Cantonese. About 2.4% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.4% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Rochedale South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32448/rochedale-south/topic/language