Salisbury, Brisbane

The languages of Salisbury

The 2021 Census found about 1,300 people in Salisbury, part of Brisbane, speaking a language other than English at home. Australia as a whole has a higher share than Salisbury. For the wider picture, Brisbane has a page of its own.

Residents
6,819
Speak another language
18.9%+7.7%
Languages spoken
56
Born overseas
23.3%

What languages are spoken in Salisbury?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    127-18.6%
  2. 02
    Gujarati
    126+35.5%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    94+9.3%
  4. 04
    Spanish
    84+10.5%
  5. 05
    Vietnamese
    80+35.6%
  6. 06
    Japanese
    60+62.2%
  7. 07
    Hindi
    53+10.4%
  8. 08
    Punjabi
    51-15.0%
  9. 09
    Malayalam
    50-13.8%
  10. 10
    Korean
    47+14.6%

Where were Salisbury's residents born?

Overseas-born residents make up 23 per cent of residents, most often from India.

  1. 01
    India
    302+13.1%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    208+16.9%
  3. 03
    England
    171+3.0%
  4. 04
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    88-30.2%
  5. 05
    Vietnam
    57+26.7%
  6. 06
    Malaysia
    54+116%
  7. 07
    Philippines
    540%
  8. 08
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    51+50.0%
  9. 09
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    46-8.0%
  10. 10
    South Africa
    39+85.7%

Is Salisbury more multilingual than Queensland?

Queensland has a lower share than Salisbury.

Salisbury (Qld)
18.9%
Australia
21.3%
Queensland
12.2%

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

What's Salisbury's religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    3,094+45.7%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    2,875-8.4%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    269+30.0%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    155+10.7%
  5. 05
    Islam
    126-9.4%

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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