2.3% ▼ -37.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Maroochy River · Suburb / Locality
Language in Maroochy River
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 93.4% of people in Maroochy River. This is a very high proportion compared to the rest of the country, where far fewer people speak only English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 2.3% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Despite this, 0.2% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
0.2% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Maroochy River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31771/maroochy-river/topic/language