36.1% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 81% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Moreton · Federal Electorate
Language in Moreton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 60% of people in Moreton speak only English at home, but the area is far more linguistically diverse than most other places. Over a third of residents use a language other than English, a figure that has risen since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 36.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. This diversity is reflected in the 10.3% who speak Mandarin, alongside 6.7% who speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.
6.7% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 87% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 6.7%
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 Moreton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED324/moreton/topic/language