8.2% ▲ +16.4%
Lower than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mackay · State Electorate
Language in Mackay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 8.2% of people in Mackay speak a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most parts of Australia, though the number of people using other languages has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the dominant language, spoken exclusively by 83.2% of residents. Very few people struggle with English in the area, with only 0.8% speaking little or no English, a figure that is lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2016.
0.8% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30047/mackay/topic/language