18.2% ▲ +373.2%
Higher than 88% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brisbane · Urban Area
Language in Brisbane
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A rise of 14 percentage points since 2011 means Brisbane is now far more linguistically diverse. While 18.2% of people now use a language other than English at home, this is still well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 77% of residents, though Mandarin (2.6%) and Vietnamese (1.1%) are also common. The number of people who speak little or no English has risen slightly to 2.5%, which is much higher than in most areas.
2.5% ▲ +189.5%
Higher than 87% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3002/brisbane/topic/language