25.0% ▲ +304.1%
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Maiwar · State Electorate
Language in Maiwar
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 71.4% of people in Maiwar, though the area has become much more linguistically diverse. One in four residents now speaks a language other than English at home, which is far above the Queensland average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The share of people using another language at home rose 19 percentage points since 2011 to reach 25.0%. While this is a little above the national figure, only 2.2% of residents speak little or no English.
2.2% ▲ +173.7%
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Maiwar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30048/maiwar/topic/language