5.6% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Thabeban · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 88.6% of people in Thabeban. While more residents use a second language at home than in most similar areas, the overall proportion remains far below the national figure.
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well below the Queensland average. This is reflected in the small variety of other languages spoken, including Tagalog and Vietnamese at 0.6% each. Very few people speak little or no English (1.2%), a figure that is about the same as the state average.
5.6% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
1.2% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Thabeban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32776/thabeban/topic/language