6.0% ▲ +35.2%
Lower than 80% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday · Region (SA4)
Language in Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 6% of people in Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making the region much less linguistically diverse than most other areas. While this figure has risen slightly since 2011, English remains the dominant language spoken here.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken by 83% of residents, and the proportion of people who speak little or no English is very low at 0.6%. This is much lower than most areas and barely changed from 2016. Small numbers of people speak Tagalog, Mandarin, Punjabi or Italian.
0.6% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 85% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 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).
More for Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/312/mackay-isaac-whitsunday/topic/language