33.6% ▲ +22.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mataranka · Suburb / Locality
Language in Mataranka
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over a third of people in Mataranka use a language other than English at home. This makes the community's linguistic diversity far higher than the national figure. While many people speak other languages, very few of them struggle to communicate in English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 33.6% of residents speak a language other than English, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the Australian average. Only 52.9% use English only, though just 2.6% of the population speak little or no English.
2.6% ▲ +127.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Mataranka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70179/mataranka/topic/language