Rochedale, Brisbane

The languages of Rochedale

In Rochedale, about 4,700 people speak a language other than English at home, and Chinese leads by a wide margin, the 2021 Census shows. Behind it sits Korean. Rochedale's share is above Australia as a whole, at about two and a half times the rate.

Residents
7,519
Speak another language
62.1%+220%
Languages spoken
60
Born overseas
56.6%

How far does Chinese lead in Rochedale?

Chinese at home

38%

The census counts Mandarin, Cantonese and Min Nan separately; together they make up the Chinese-speaking community.

Which other languages are spoken in Rochedale?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    2,233+268%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    605+225%
  3. 03
    Korean
    389+184%
  4. 04
    Gujarati
    163+247%
  5. 05
    Punjabi
    117+208%
  6. 06
    Hindi
    110+197%
  7. 07
    Urdu
    79+427%
  8. 08
    Malayalam
    76+660%
  9. 09
    Vietnamese
    66+313%
  10. 10
    Arabic
    62+464%

Is Rochedale more multilingual than Brisbane?

The share speaking another language is about two and a half times the figure for Brisbane.

Rochedale
62.1%
Australia
21.3%
Brisbane
22.8%

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

Which countries are Rochedale's residents from?

Overseas-born residents make up nearly three in five residents, most often from China.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    1,503+305%
  2. 02
    India
    370+298%
  3. 03
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    309+169%
  4. 04
    Taiwan
    290+104%
  5. 05
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    266+245%
  6. 06
    Malaysia
    234+196%
  7. 07
    New Zealand
    208+106%
  8. 08
    South Africa
    138+134%
  9. 09
    England
    121+105%
  10. 10
    Pakistan
    72+700%

What religions are reported in Rochedale?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    3,359+217%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    2,581+74.7%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    471+257%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    433+149%
  5. 05
    Islam
    335+613%

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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