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Runcorn, Brisbane

The languages of Runcorn

In Runcorn, about 7,600 people speak a language other than English at home, and Chinese leads by a wide margin, the 2021 Census shows. Behind it sits Punjabi. The share speaking another language is more than twice the figure for Brisbane.

Residents
13,853
Speak another language
54.5%-1.7%
Languages spoken
74
Born overseas
52.2%

How many people in Runcorn speak Chinese?

Chinese at home

23%

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

Which other languages are spoken in Runcorn?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    2,243-9.0%
  2. 02
    Punjabi
    1,139+18.9%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    875+3.8%
  4. 04
    Korean
    737-16.0%
  5. 05
    Vietnamese
    257-10.1%
  6. 06
    Arabic
    245+26.3%
  7. 07
    Hindi
    179-26.3%
  8. 08
    Urdu
    130-13.3%
  9. 09
    Japanese
    110+35.8%
  10. 10
    Gujarati
    99+52.3%

Is Runcorn more multilingual than Australia as a whole?

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

Runcorn
54.5%
Brisbane
22.8%
Australia
21.3%

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

Which countries are Runcorn's residents from?

Among residents born overseas, China leads.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    1,402-12.0%
  2. 02
    India
    1,272+2.0%
  3. 03
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    653-13.7%
  4. 04
    Taiwan
    517-8.8%
  5. 05
    New Zealand
    455-7.0%
  6. 06
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    318+4.3%
  7. 07
    Malaysia
    271-12.3%
  8. 08
    Vietnam
    243-10.3%
  9. 09
    Philippines
    206+49.3%
  10. 10
    England
    200-15.6%

What religions are reported in Runcorn?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    5,075+11.5%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    4,838-13.2%
  3. 03
    Islam
    895-1.8%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    768-9.4%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    562+13.1%

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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