15.2% ▲ +595.4%
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mermaid Beach · State Electorate
Language in Mermaid Beach
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A surge in diversity has hit Mermaid Beach, where the share of people using a language other than English at home jumped 13 percentage points since 2011. Now, 15.2% of residents speak another language, which is a little above the Queensland figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 80% of people speak only English, those using another language at home now make up 15.2% of the population, which is well below the national figure. Only 1.8% of residents speak little or no English, a rate about the same as the state average.
1.8% ▲ +543.9%
Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Mermaid Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30053/mermaid-beach/topic/language