Livingstone, Queensland

Which languages are spoken in Livingstone?

Afrikaans is the most common language after English in Livingstone, though only about 820 people speak anything other than English at home, the 2021 Census found. None of those languages reaches one resident in 100. Livingstone's share is less than half the share for Queensland.

Residents
39,147
Speak another language
819
Languages at home
57
Change since 2016
+21.3%

Which languages are heard at home in Livingstone?

None of these reaches one in 100 residents on its own.

Afrikaans

113 speakers

It has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.

German

88 speakers

Used at home by fewer than one in 100 residents.

French

47 speakers

The community has grown by about three quarters since 2016.

How does Livingstone compare with Brisbane?

In Brisbane, a language other than English is at least twice as common. Among Queensland councils, Livingstone ranks 47th.

Livingstone
2.1%
Brisbane
22.8%
Queensland
12.2%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.

Every council ranked, Livingstone included.

Do Livingstone's suburbs differ much?

Even across 43 suburbs, the shares stay within a narrow band, led by Barlows Hill.

Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

Other sources sometimes quote 11.7% for Livingstone. That figure treats the 3,764 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 2.1%, and 2.3% is the share among those who answered.

Ranked lists skip broad categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which stay in the totals. National figures are summed from suburbs and sit a touch under the ABS release.

Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.

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