16.8% ▲ +41.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Springwood · Suburb / Locality
Language in Springwood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 80% of people in Springwood speak only English at home. While this is the most common language, the area is more linguistically diverse than most similar places, with 16.8% of residents using another language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 16.8% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. This diversity is reflected in the use of Mandarin, Punjabi, Cantonese and Vietnamese, and 2.4% of residents speak little or no English.
2.4% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 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 Springwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32635/springwood/topic/language