Harristown, Toowoomba

The languages of Harristown

Most homes in Harristown speak only English. At the 2021 Census, about 980 people used another language, most often Kurdish. Speakers of other languages here has grown by more than a quarter since the previous census. Harristown's share is below Queensland.

Residents
8,925
Speak another language
10.9%+49.0%
Languages spoken
49
Born overseas
14.5%

What languages do people in Harristown speak besides English?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Kurdish
    277+4517%
  2. 02
    Arabic
    93+55.0%
  3. 03
    Filipino
    42-19.2%
  4. 04
    Dinka
    41-40.6%
  5. 05
    Mandarin
    38+52.0%
  6. 06
    Nepali
    33+136%
  7. 07
    Gujarati
    32+256%
  8. 08
    Punjabi
    31+40.9%
  9. 09
    Tagalog
    31-52.3%
  10. 10
    Swahili
    30+275%

Where does Harristown sit against Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is below the figure for Australia as a whole.

Harristown
10.9%
Queensland
12.2%
Australia
21.3%

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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