19.2% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Salisbury · Suburb / Locality
Language in Salisbury
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher share of people use a language other than English at home in Salisbury compared to most areas. While 19.2% of residents speak another language, this is well above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. This linguistic diversity is a key feature of the area's makeup.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly one in five people speak another language at home, with Mandarin, Cantonese, and Vietnamese being the most common after English. A small number of residents, 2.5%, speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.5% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Salisbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32504/salisbury/topic/language