5.6% ▲ +49.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Maleny · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken by 90.3% of people at home in Maleny, making it the dominant language of the area. While more people here use a second language than in most similar areas, this is still far below the national figure.
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.6% of residents speak another language at home, which is well below the Queensland average. Only 0.2% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much lower than the national average.
5.6% ▲ +49.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.2% ▼ -55.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Maleny [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31739/maleny/topic/language