Morton Vale · Suburb / Locality

Language in Morton Vale

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

English remains the dominant language in Morton Vale, where very few residents use a foreign tongue at home. This stability is seen in the fact that 80.7% of people speak only English, leaving the area far less linguistically diverse than the national average.

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📍 Morton Vale, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.4% of people use another language at home, which is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. Despite this, the area is higher than most similar places for those who speak little or no English, though it ever so slightly misses the Queensland average of 1.8%.

4.4% ▲ +28.7%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 4.9%
  • 2021: 4.4%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Morton Vale, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Morton Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31924/morton-vale/topic/language