87.9% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 89.9%
- 2016: 81.8%
- 2021: 87.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mer Island · Suburb / Locality
Language in Mer Island
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 87.9% of people on Mer Island speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This makes the island one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region, where very few residents use only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 6.4% of residents speak English only. This is reflected in the 21.2% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is far above the Queensland average of 1.8%.
21.2% ▲ +460.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 21.2%
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 Mer Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31806/mer-island/topic/language