7.6% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Maimuru · Suburb / Locality
Language in Maimuru
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A shift in linguistic diversity has seen more people using languages other than English in Maimuru. While 91% of residents speak only English, the presence of Arabic speakers has made the area more diverse than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 7.6% of people use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 22.3%. English remains the main language, and unlike many other regions, no one here speaks little or no English.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 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.
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 Maimuru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12453/maimuru/topic/language