1.7% ▼ -47.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Meldale · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant way people communicate in Meldale, where only 1.7% of residents use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region.
English and the largest community languages.
About 90.4% of people speak only English at home, which is far below the Queensland average. While 0.0% of residents speak little or no English, this is actually higher than most similar areas.
1.7% ▼ -47.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% 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 Meldale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31800/meldale/topic/language