5.9% ▲ +30.7%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mackay · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Mackay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 5.9% of people in Mackay use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia, though the number of people speaking other languages has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 85% of residents, with Tagalog being the most common non-English tongue at 0.8%. Very few people struggle with English, as only 0.5% speak little or no English, which is much lower than most other areas.
0.5% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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/sa3/31202/mackay/topic/language