45.4% ▲ +1719.7%
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 45.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Toohey · State Electorate
Language in Toohey
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 45.4% of people in Toohey now use a language other than English at home. This is a huge jump from just 2.5% in 2011, making the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of Queensland and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Almost half the population speaks a language other than English at home, with Mandarin being the most common at 15.8%. This diversity is reflected in the 9.4% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the national average.
9.4% ▲ +1947.4%
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 9.4%
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 Toohey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30085/toohey/topic/language