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Lowood · Urban Centre

Language in Lowood

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

English is the dominant tongue in Lowood, where only 3.4% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia. The local language profile has stayed very stable over the last decade.

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📍 Lowood, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Almost 90% of residents speak only English, which is well below the Queensland average. While a small number of people speak Vietnamese or Mandarin, very few (0.6%) speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the state and national levels.

People using another language at home

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3.4% ▲ +30.2%

Lower than 54% 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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0.6% ▲ +33.1%

Higher than 72% 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 Lowood, English only is the majority at 99%; Vietnamese is next at 0%.

English only 89.5% Vietnamese 0.3% Mandarin 0.3% 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 Lowood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315054/lowood/topic/language