13.2% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mareeba · Suburb / Locality
Language in Mareeba
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A total of 13.2% of people in Mareeba use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this matches the Queensland average, it is well below the national figure. Italian is the most common non-English language spoken in the area.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 13.2% of residents speak another language at home, with Italian being the most frequent at 4.4%. This diversity is reflected in the 2.0% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.0% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Mareeba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31763/mareeba/topic/language