3.0% ▼ -57.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mirriwinni · Suburb / Locality
Language in Mirriwinni
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 82.7% of people in Mirriwinni. This is a very high proportion compared to the rest of the country, where only 3% of residents use a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 3% of people use another language at home, which is far below the Queensland figure of 13.2% and the national rate of 22.3%. While Italian is the most common non-English language at 1.4%, about 1.2% of residents speak little or no English.
1.2% ▲ +81.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Mirriwinni [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31861/mirriwinni/topic/language