16.8% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Yeerongpilly · Suburb / Locality
Language in Yeerongpilly
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 16.8% of people in Yeerongpilly speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is well above the Queensland figure, it remains well below the national average. Most residents use English only, though a small number of people speak little or no English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 80.9% of residents, while others include Vietnamese at 2.4% and Punjabi at 0.9%. About 2% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas.
2.0% ▼ -30.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Yeerongpilly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33215/yeerongpilly/topic/language