6.0% ▲ +118.1%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Jimboomba · Urban Centre
Language in Jimboomba
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people in Jimboomba speak a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. While 88.6% of the community only use English, the proportion of people using another language rose to 6% in 2021. This remains far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 0.9% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian figure. This is much higher than most similar areas, though the number has fallen since 2016.
0.9% ▼ -67.4%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Jimboomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314014/jimboomba/topic/language