6.5% ▲ +56.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Morayfield · Suburb / Locality
Language in Morayfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 87.5% of people in Morayfield. While this is higher than the national figure, the area is slightly more diverse than most similar places, with 6.5% of residents speaking another language at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 6.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Australian average of 22.3%. This includes small groups speaking Mandarin, Tagalog, and Hindi, while 1.2% of residents speak little or no English.
1.2% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 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 Morayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31913/morayfield/topic/language