42.5% —
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 48.0%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Maroubra - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Maroubra - West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people in Maroubra - West use a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the country. While 42.5% of residents speak another language, this is 20 percentage points above the national figure. It is a diverse area where English is the main tongue for 54.1% of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 42.5% of people use a language other than English at home, though this is 5.6 percentage points lower than in 2016. Mandarin, Cantonese, and Greek are the most common non-English languages, and 5.7% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little above the national figure.
5.7% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Maroubra - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/118021568/maroubra-west/topic/language