Turallin · Suburb / Locality

Language in Turallin

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

About 20% of people in Turallin use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. This makes the community more linguistically diverse than the Queensland average, although it sits slightly below the national figure.

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📍 Turallin, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 79.7% of residents, while 4.7% speak Mandarin. Around 4.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is among the highest for areas of this size and is higher than both the state and national averages.

20.3%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 4.6%
  • 2021: 20.3%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

4.7% ▲ —

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 4.7%

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.

Language used at home

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In Turallin, English only is the majority at 94%; Mandarin is next at 6%.

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 Turallin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32887/turallin/topic/language