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Language in Mission Beach

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English remains the dominant language in Mission Beach, where only 4.5% of people speak another tongue at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, reflecting a community that is much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.

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📍 Mission Beach, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 85% of residents speak only English, with Punjabi and Hindi being the most common other languages. Only 0.3% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Queensland figure but higher than most similar areas.

People using another language at home

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4.5% ▼ -39.0%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.3% ▼ -39.7%

Higher than 64% 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.

Language used at home

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In Mission Beach, English only is the majority at 98%; Punjabi is next at 1%.

English only 85.0% Punjabi 1.1% Hindi 0.7% Tagalog 0.4%

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 Mission Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31863/mission-beach/topic/language