8.1% ▼ -27.8%
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Toowoomba North · State Electorate
Language in Toowoomba North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 86.7% of people in Toowoomba North. This area has a very low proportion of people using other languages at home, a figure that has dropped to 8.1% over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 8.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This is consistent with the low number of people who speak little or no English, though at 2.0% this is about the same as the Queensland average.
2.0% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 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 Toowoomba North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30086/toowoomba-north/topic/language