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Mapoon · Suburb / Locality

Language in Mapoon

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

More than double the Queensland average of people use another language at home in Mapoon. This community is far more linguistically diverse than most, with 33.3% of residents speaking a language other than English.

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📍 Mapoon, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 54.8% of people speak only English, 3.0% of residents speak little or no English. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Queensland figure.

People using another language at home

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33.3% ▲ +93.7%

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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3.0% ▲ +215.4%

Higher than 88% 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.

Language used at home

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In Mapoon, English only is the majority at 100%.

English only 54.8%

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 Mapoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31758/mapoon/topic/language