Toowong, Brisbane

What Toowong speaks at home

Mandarin is the most common language after English in Toowong, where about 2,800 people speak another language at home, the 2021 Census shows. Australia as a whole has much the same share. The census lists 60 languages spoken at home here.

Residents
12,245
Speak another language
22.9%+24.8%
Languages spoken
60
Born overseas
31.7%

What's spoken at home in Toowong?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    914+15.7%
  2. 02
    Spanish
    265+84.0%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    218+13.5%
  4. 04
    Hindi
    90+60.7%
  5. 05
    Korean
    76-5.0%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese
    73+32.7%
  7. 07
    Nepali
    71+145%
  8. 08
    French
    69+35.3%
  9. 09
    German
    59-29.8%
  10. 10
    Italian
    59+9.3%

Which countries are Toowong's residents from?

Among residents born overseas, China leads.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    736+13.6%
  2. 02
    England
    439+14.0%
  3. 03
    New Zealand
    326+22.1%
  4. 04
    India
    234+12.0%
  5. 05
    Malaysia
    158+26.4%
  6. 06
    South Africa
    156+26.8%
  7. 07
    United States of America
    132+21.1%
  8. 08
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    125+23.8%
  9. 09
    Taiwan
    106+16.5%
  10. 10
    Colombia
    76+322%

Where does Toowong sit against Brisbane?

Toowong is about level with Brisbane.

Toowong
22.9%
Australia
21.3%
Brisbane
22.8%

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

What religions are reported in Toowong?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    6,503+39.8%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    4,408+2.9%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    286+40.9%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    260+17.6%
  5. 05
    Islam
    160+18.5%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    23+43.8%

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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