4.3% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Macleay Island · Suburb / Locality
Language in Macleay Island
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for nearly everyone on Macleay Island, with only 4.3% of people using another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the less linguistically diverse areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 87.9% of residents speak only English, while just 0.5% speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas. Outside of English, the most common languages spoken are Italian, Mandarin, Tagalog, and Cantonese.
0.5% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality 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 Macleay Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31731/macleay-island/topic/language