Drewvale, Brisbane
Languages spoken in Drewvale
The 2021 Census counted 50 per cent of residents in Drewvale speaking another language at home, across 61 languages led by Mandarin. The next largest is Malayalam. The share speaking another language is more than three times the figure for Queensland.
- Residents
- 4,757
- Speak another language
- 49.7%+32.5%
- Languages spoken
- 61
- Born overseas
- 46.8%
What are Drewvale's most spoken languages?
- 01Mandarin501+46.1%
- 02Malayalam246+146%
- 03Punjabi206+60.9%
- 04Cantonese159+32.5%
- 05Hindi158-3.7%
- 06Korean131+79.5%
- 07Arabic100+12.4%
- 08Samoan71+34.0%
- 09Vietnamese67-1.5%
- 10Urdu60+53.8%
How spread out are Drewvale's languages?
Mandarin leads with one in ten residents. There are 10 languages with a share of one in 100 or more.
Where were Drewvale's residents born?
Overseas-born residents make up about 2,200 people, most often from India.
- 01India460+57.0%
- 02New Zealand3060%
- 03China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)296+24.9%
- 04England98-10.9%
- 05Korea, Republic of (South)85+60.4%
- 06Fiji81-3.6%
- 07Taiwan79+43.6%
- 08Philippines58-3.3%
- 09Hong Kong (SAR of China)53+55.9%
- 10Pakistan45+40.6%
Is Drewvale more multilingual than Australia as a whole?
Drewvale's share is above Australia as a whole, at more than twice the rate.
- Drewvale
- 49.7%
- Queensland
- 12.2%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
What's Drewvale's religious mix?
- 01Christianity2,074-6.1%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs1,460+32.6%
- 03Islam337+36.4%
- 04Hinduism329+6.5%
- 05Buddhism158-2.5%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
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