Great Mackerel Beach · Suburb / Locality

Language in Great Mackerel Beach

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Language use in Great Mackerel Beach has remained steady over the last decade. English is the dominant tongue, though 16% of residents use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 78% of people speak only English, 16% use another language at home, which is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Despite this, no one in the area speaks little or no English.

16.0% ▲ +109.4%

Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.6%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 16.0%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Great Mackerel Beach, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Great Mackerel Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11751/great-mackerel-beach/topic/language