9.1% ▲ +39.3%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West Mackay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in West Mackay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 81.9% of people in West Mackay. This is a predominantly English-speaking area where only 9.1% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure. This proportion has grown by 2.6 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While the use of other languages is far below the Australian average, Tagalog is the most common non-English language at 2.1%. Very few people here speak little or no English (0.6%), a figure that is a little below the state and national levels and has barely changed since 2016.
0.6% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 West Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312021358/west-mackay/topic/language