8.5% ▲ +58.4%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Moreton Bay · Council (LGA)
Language in Moreton Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 86.7% of people in Moreton Bay. While the number of residents using another language at home has risen to 8.5% since 2011, this figure remains far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 1.0% of residents speak little or no English, which is about the same as the state figure. Apart from English, the most common languages spoken at home are Punjabi, Mandarin, Tagalog, and Hindi.
1.0% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35010/moreton-bay/topic/language