44.0% ▼ -56.0%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 100.0%
- 2021: 44.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lake Mackay · Suburb / Locality
Language in Lake Mackay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language spoken by 52% of people in Lake Mackay, though the area is remarkably diverse. Nearly half the population uses another language at home, which is far above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 44% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the Northern Territory and Australia. Despite this, the area is well below national levels for people who speak little or no English, with 0% in this category.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% 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.
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 Lake Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70154/lake-mackay/topic/language