10.4% —
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mareeba · Council (LGA)
Language in Mareeba
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly three quarters of people in Mareeba speak only English at home, though the area is more linguistically diverse than most similar regions. While 10.4% of residents use a language other than English, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the dominant language for 74.4% of residents, followed by Italian at 2.9%. Only 1.3% of the community speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland average and has barely changed since 2016.
1.3% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Mareeba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34880/mareeba/topic/language