7.8% ▲ +67.4%
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Maroochydore · State Electorate
Language in Maroochydore
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Maroochydore, where 85.3% of people speak only this language at home. While more people have started using other languages since 2011, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 7.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well below the Queensland figure. This is reflected in the very low number of people who speak little or no English, at just 0.7%.
0.7% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Maroochydore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30050/maroochydore/topic/language