East Toowoomba, Toowoomba

The languages of East Toowoomba

English is the only home language for 88 per cent of residents in East Toowoomba, according to the 2021 Census. Speakers of other languages here has more than doubled since the previous census. Australia as a whole has a higher share than East Toowoomba.

Residents
5,975
Speak another language
7.4%+131%
Languages spoken
36
Born overseas
12.9%

What languages do people in East Toowoomba speak besides English?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Kurdish
    89
  2. 02
    Mandarin
    31+82.4%
  3. 03
    Punjabi
    29+142%
  4. 04
    Korean
    20
  5. 05
    French
    18+125%
  6. 06
    Cantonese
    13
  7. 07
    Spanish
    13+333%
  8. 08
    Afrikaans
    12+20.0%
  9. 09
    Sinhalese
    12+140%
  10. 10
    Tagalog
    12-7.7%

How does East Toowoomba compare with Queensland?

The share speaking another language is below the figure for Queensland.

East Toowoomba
7.4%
Australia
21.3%
Queensland
12.2%

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

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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East Toowoomba is part of Toowoomba, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.