25.0% ▲ +28.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Taringa · Suburb / Locality
Language in Taringa
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
One in four people in Taringa speaks a language other than English at home, making it much more linguistically diverse than most similar areas. This variety is a key part of daily life, with 25% of residents using another language, which is far above the Queensland figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 71.6% of people speak only English, Mandarin is the most common second language at 5%. This diversity is reflected in the 2.5% who speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.5% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 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 Taringa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32751/taringa/topic/language