15.4% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Yeronga · Suburb / Locality
Language in Yeronga
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 15.4% of residents in Yeronga use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is a little above the Queensland figure, it remains well below the national average. Most people speak only English, though a small number of residents use Mandarin or Vietnamese.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 15.4% of people use another language at home, only 1.5% speak little or no English. This small proportion of non-English speakers is much higher than in most similar areas, but stays about the same as the Queensland figure.
1.5% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Yeronga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33220/yeronga/topic/language