31.6% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Maroubra · State Electorate
Language in Maroubra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started using languages other than English at home in Maroubra, with the figure rising to 31.6% since 2011. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 31.6% of residents speak another language at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. While Mandarin, Greek and Cantonese are common, about 4.1% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
4.1% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Maroubra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10051/maroubra/topic/language