7.8% ▲ +153.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Meridan Plains · Suburb / Locality
Language in Meridan Plains
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Meridan Plains than in most similar areas. Despite this, only 7.8% of the population uses another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents rely solely on English for their daily communication.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 86.6% of residents. While 7.8% of people speak another language at home, which is higher than in similar areas, very few struggle with English; only 0.6% speak little or no English, a figure slightly below the Queensland average.
0.6% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Meridan Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31807/meridan-plains/topic/language