33.3% ▲ +42.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Upper Mount Gravatt · Suburb / Locality
Language in Upper Mount Gravatt
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Among the most linguistically diverse areas at this level, Upper Mount Gravatt sees 33.3% of residents using a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%. It is a multicultural hub where Mandarin is the most common non-English language spoken.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 33.3% of people use another language at home, which is far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. This diversity is reflected in the 5.2% who speak little or no English, a rate well above the state average. While 60.7% speak only English, Mandarin (9.8%), Cantonese (3.3%), Hindi (1.1%) and Vietnamese (1.0%) are also common.
5.2% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Upper Mount Gravatt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32914/upper-mount-gravatt/topic/language