36.4% ▲ +100.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mackenzie · Suburb / Locality
Language in Mackenzie
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 62% of people in Mackenzie, but this area is far more linguistically diverse than most. Over a third of residents speak another language at home, which is far above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 36.4% of people use a language other than English at home, a rate far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. Mandarin is the most common second language at 8%, while 3.7% of residents speak little or no English.
3.7% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Mackenzie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31726/mackenzie/topic/language