11.7% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Macalister · State Electorate
Language in Macalister
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Around the middle for similar areas, Macalister is a place where 11.7% of people speak a language other than English at home. This is far below the Australian figure, though the number of non-English speakers has barely changed since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English (81.6%), with small numbers speaking Punjabi, Mandarin, Tagalog, or Hindi. Only 1.6% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
1.6% ▼ -30.4%
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Macalister [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30046/macalister/topic/language