Moorooka, Brisbane

What Moorooka speaks at home

Vietnamese is the most common language after English in Moorooka, where about 1,800 people speak another language at home, the 2021 Census shows. Moorooka's share is above Queensland, at 1.4 times the rate. The census lists 71 languages spoken at home here.

Residents
10,664
Speak another language
16.8%-4.5%
Languages spoken
71
Born overseas
22.2%

Which languages lead in Moorooka?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Vietnamese
    147+5.8%
  2. 02
    Spanish
    144+51.6%
  3. 03
    Mandarin
    82-18.0%
  4. 04
    Arabic
    80+12.7%
  5. 05
    Cantonese
    78+16.4%
  6. 06
    Japanese
    68+74.4%
  7. 07
    Punjabi
    66-38.9%
  8. 08
    Greek
    62-24.4%
  9. 09
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    61+27.1%
  10. 10
    French
    54-6.9%

Which countries are Moorooka's residents from?

Overseas-born residents make up more than one in five residents, most often from England.

  1. 01
    England
    312+26.8%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    285-11.5%
  3. 03
    India
    178-28.2%
  4. 04
    Vietnam
    116+6.4%
  5. 05
    Philippines
    88+29.4%
  6. 06
    United States of America
    63-3.1%
  7. 07
    South Africa
    56+180%
  8. 08
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    54+17.4%
  9. 09
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    54-25.0%
  10. 10
    Iran
    52-28.8%

How does Moorooka compare with Brisbane?

The share speaking another language is below the figure for Brisbane.

Moorooka
16.8%
Queensland
12.2%
Brisbane
22.8%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What religions are reported in Moorooka?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    5,142+39.9%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    4,403-12.0%
  3. 03
    Islam
    254-22.3%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    212+6.5%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    133-30.4%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    3-78.6%

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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