2.5% ▼ -67.2%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Maryborough · Urban Area
Language in Maryborough
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Maryborough compared to the rest of the country. Only 2.5% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has fallen significantly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 89.0% of the population. This means the rate of people using other languages is far below the Queensland figure of 13.2% and the national figure of 22.3%, while those who speak little or no English are also well below the Australian average.
0.3% ▼ -59.6%
Lower than 93% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3012/maryborough/topic/language