39.8% ▲ +26.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
South Brisbane · Suburb / Locality
Language in South Brisbane
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 40% of people in South Brisbane now use a language other than English at home, a figure that has climbed significantly since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Almost 40% of residents speak a language other than English, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is spoken by 48.8% of people, Mandarin is the most common second language at 14.5%, and 4.5% of the population speak little or no English.
4.5% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 South Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32587/south-brisbane/topic/language