17.8% ▲ +32.1%
Higher than 56% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Moncrieff · Federal Electorate
Language in Moncrieff
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 18% of Moncrieff residents speak a language other than English at home, which is a figure that has risen by 4.3 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area more linguistically diverse than the Queensland average, though it remains well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 74.7% of people, while Mandarin is the most common second language at 2.5%. About 2.2% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is higher than most areas and has barely changed since 2016.
2.2% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 58% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Moncrieff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED323/moncrieff/topic/language