9.8% ▲ +104.1%
Higher than 73% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mount Isa · Urban Area
Language in Mount Isa
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people use a language other than English at home in Mount Isa than in most similar areas. While 9.8% of residents speak another language, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%. This linguistic diversity has grown recently, with the figure rising 5.0 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 80.4% of the community, while other languages include Tagalog, Mandarin, and Punjabi. Very few people struggle with English, as only 0.7% speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.7% ▼ -33.4%
Lower than 51% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 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 Mount Isa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3013/mount-isa/topic/language