QLD · Local Government Area

Languages spoken in Brisbane

22.8% of Brisbane residents speak a language other than English at home, across 202 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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1,223,739

Residents

22.8%

+18.6%

Speak a language other than English

202

Languages spoken

#90

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    55,050+18.3%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese
    21,521+17.9%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    18,320+9.9%
  4. 04
    Spanish
    13,792+35.0%
  5. 05
    Punjabi
    12,591+28.9%
  6. 06
    Korean
    11,477+5.5%
  7. 07
    Hindi
    10,704+10.7%
  8. 08
    Arabic
    6,923+11.3%
  9. 09
    Italian
    6,674-5.5%
  10. 10
    Gujarati
    5,642+51.2%

202 languages recorded in Brisbane(ABS Census 2021). Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in the totals above but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

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