25.2% ▲ +28.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Malak · Suburb / Locality
Language in Malak
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of residents in Malak now speak a language other than English at home. About 25.2% of people use a different language, which is much higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 65.3% of residents, though Tagalog and Greek are also spoken. While 25.2% use another language, about 4.3% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is among the highest for this level of area.
4.3% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Malak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70169/malak/topic/language