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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 65.1% of recent overseas arrivals in 2021, spoke a language other than English at home.
The City of Ipswich's language statistics show the proportion of the population who speak a language at home other than English. For recent arrivals, this is a good indicator of translation services which might be required, as recent arrivals may be less likely to have good English skills. They represent the languages which have increased in prevalence in just the last few years in the City of Ipswich compared to South East Queensland.
The City of Ipswich's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth and Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
| Language spoken at home - Ranked by size | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Ipswich - Recent arrivals | 2021 | ||
| Language | Number | % | South East Queensland |
| Samoan | 478 | 7.0 | 1.1 |
| Punjabi | 407 | 5.9 | 4.4 |
| Malayalam | 358 | 5.2 | 1.6 |
| Swahili | 259 | 3.8 | 0.7 |
| Mandarin | 227 | 3.3 | 12.2 |
| Hindi | 222 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
| Tagalog | 217 | 3.2 | 1.8 |
| Vietnamese | 168 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| Filipino | 167 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| Spanish | 130 | 1.9 | 4.4 |
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| Language spoken at home - Summary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Ipswich - Recent arrivals | 2021 | ||
| Language summary | Number | % | South East Queensland |
| Speaks English only | 2,283 | 33.4 | 29.8 |
| Non-English total | 4,456 | 65.1 | 68.9 |
| Not stated | 104 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| Total people | 6,843 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the language spoken at home by recent overseas arrivals in the City of Ipswich in 2021 compared to South East Queensland shows that there was a larger proportion of people who spoke English only, and a smaller proportion of those speaking a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 33.4% of recent overseas arrivals spoke English only, and 65.1% spoke a non-English language, compared with 29.8% and 68.9% respectively for South East Queensland.
The dominant language spoken at home by recent overseas arrivals, other than English, in the City of Ipswich was Samoan, with 7.0% of the population, or 478 people speaking this language at home.
The major differences between the languages spoken at home for the recent overseas arriving population of the City of Ipswich and South East Queensland in 2021 were:
- A larger percentage speaking Samoan at home (7.0% compared to 1.1%)
- A larger percentage speaking Malayalam at home (5.2% compared to 1.6%)
- A larger percentage speaking Swahili at home (3.8% compared to 0.7%)
- A smaller percentage speaking Mandarin at home (3.3% compared to 12.2%)
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