14.9% ▲ +251.6%
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Toowoomba South · State Electorate
Language in Toowoomba South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Toowoomba South compared to the national average. While 14.9% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the 22.3% seen across Australia. This diversity has grown quickly, with the figure rising 11 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people here speak only English (80.3%), though the number of those who speak little or no English has risen to 2.3% since 2016. Other common languages include Mandarin, Arabic, Punjabi, and Tagalog.
2.3% ▲ +360.6%
Higher than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30087/toowoomba-south/topic/language