5.9% ▲ +30.7%
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mackay · Council (LGA)
Language in Mackay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 85% of people in Mackay. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the national average, although the number of people using other languages at home has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.9% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well below the Queensland figure of 13.2%. Very few people struggle with English, with just 0.5% speaking little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.5% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34770/mackay/topic/language