6.0% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Margate · Suburb / Locality
Language in Margate
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 87.5% of people in Margate. While a small number of residents use other languages at home, this is much lower than the typical Queensland or Australian community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 22.3%. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.4% saying they speak little or no English.
0.4% ▼ -42.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Margate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31764/margate/topic/language