16.5% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mackay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Mackay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant tongue in Mackay, though a small minority of residents use other languages daily. About 16.5% of people speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 66.1% of people speak only English, Tagalog is the most common other language at 3.5%. The proportion of people who speak little or no English is 1.9%, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
1.9% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.9%
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/sa2/312021346/mackay/topic/language