15.5% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Murarrie · Suburb / Locality
Language in Murarrie
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A mix of different tongues is heard in the streets of Murarrie, where 15.5% of people speak another language at home. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 80.5% of residents, though Mandarin, Hindi, Italian, and Cantonese are also spoken. Only 1.5% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Queensland figure.
1.5% ▼ -26.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Murarrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32081/murarrie/topic/language