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South Brisbane, Brisbane

What South Brisbane speaks at home

At the 2021 Census, 18 per cent of residents in South Brisbane, a suburb of Brisbane, spoke Chinese at home. South Brisbane's share is above Queensland, at more than three times the rate. Residents born overseas most often come from China.

Residents
13,892
Speak another language
38.2%+98.1%
Languages spoken
62
Born overseas
47.7%

How large is South Brisbane's Chinese-speaking community?

Chinese at home

18%

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

What's spoken in South Brisbane besides Chinese?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    2,074+176%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    431+86.6%
  3. 03
    Korean
    340+34.4%
  4. 04
    Spanish
    330+126%
  5. 05
    Vietnamese
    200+135%
  6. 06
    Hindi
    146+115%
  7. 07
    Portuguese
    130+88.4%
  8. 08
    Japanese
    125+54.3%
  9. 09
    Arabic
    121+14.2%
  10. 10
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    102+59.4%

Where does South Brisbane sit against Australia as a whole?

South Brisbane's share is above Australia as a whole, at 1.8 times the rate.

South Brisbane
38.2%
Queensland
12.2%
Australia
21.3%

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

Where were South Brisbane's residents born?

Among residents born overseas, China leads.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    1,710+214%
  2. 02
    England
    504+73.8%
  3. 03
    New Zealand
    406+100%
  4. 04
    India
    387+83.4%
  5. 05
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    360+51.9%
  6. 06
    Taiwan
    278+51.9%
  7. 07
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    240+105%
  8. 08
    Malaysia
    208+57.6%
  9. 09
    Philippines
    202+127%
  10. 10
    Vietnam
    189+149%

What's South Brisbane's religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    7,339+135%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    3,675+53.6%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    579+50.0%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    356+71.2%
  5. 05
    Islam
    269+52.8%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    28+75.0%

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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