16.4% ▲ +59.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wooloowin · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wooloowin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 16% of people in Wooloowin speak a language other than English at home, making it more linguistically diverse than most similar areas. While this is well above the Queensland figure, it remains well below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 79.8% of residents, though Italian is the most common second language at 1.5%. Very few people here struggle with English, with only 1.3% speaking little or no English.
1.3% ▼ -50.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Wooloowin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33149/wooloowin/topic/language