9.3% ▲ +43.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West Mackay · Suburb / Locality
Language in West Mackay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in West Mackay compared to most similar areas. While 9.3% of residents use another language at home, this figure remains far below the national average of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people here speak only English, which accounts for 81.8% of the population. Of the minority who use other languages, Tagalog is the most common at 2.2%, and only 0.7% of residents speak little or no English.
0.7% ▼ -19.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 West Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33038/west-mackay/topic/language