8.7% ▲ +170.1%
Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Capalaba · State Electorate
Language in Capalaba
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 87.5% of people in Capalaba. While the area is far less linguistically diverse than the national average, the proportion of people using another language at home has risen significantly over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 8.7% of residents use another language at home, which is well below the Queensland figure of 13.2%. This is far below the Australian average, although the number of people speaking languages other than English rose 5.4 percentage points since 2011.
0.8% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Capalaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30017/capalaba/topic/language