54.9% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.8%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sunnybank Hills · Suburb / Locality
Language in Sunnybank Hills
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge increase in cultural diversity has shaped Sunnybank Hills, where more than half the population now speaks a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, making the area one of the most linguistically diverse in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 54.9% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. While English is the most common language at 40.1%, Mandarin is spoken by 23.8% of people, and 12.7% speak little or no English.
12.7% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 Sunnybank Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32695/sunnybank-hills/topic/language