28.8% ▲ +56.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Taigum · Suburb / Locality
Language in Taigum
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 29% of people in Taigum speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the Queensland figure. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level, with a wide variety of native tongues spoken across the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Punjabi is the most common non-English language at 9.2%, followed by Hindi, Tagalog and Mandarin. While 67.1% speak only English, 3.0% speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas.
3.0% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 Taigum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32717/taigum/topic/language