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Jacobs Well · Urban Centre

Language in Jacobs Well

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Only 4.3% of people in Jacobs Well speak a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes it a very linguistically uniform area where the vast majority of residents use English exclusively.

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📍 Jacobs Well, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is used by 91.6% of residents, a rate well below the Queensland and Australian averages for multilingualism. While the share of people using other languages rose slightly since 2011, the proportion who speak little or no English fell to just 0.5%.

People using another language at home

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4.3% ▲ +47.5%

Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.5% ▼ -83.1%

Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Jacobs Well, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 0%.

English only 91.6% Italian 0.3% Cantonese 0.3% Hindi 0.3% Mandarin 0.2% Arabic 0.1% Greek 0.1% Tagalog 0.1%

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 Jacobs Well [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315045/jacobs-well/topic/language