4.0% ▲ +40.1%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Maranoa · Council (LGA)
Language in Maranoa
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 85.0% of people in Maranoa. This is a very high proportion compared to the rest of the country, where far fewer people speak only English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.0% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This low variety is reflected in the fact that only 0.3% of the population speak little or no English.
0.3% ▼ -38.5%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Maranoa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34860/maranoa/topic/language