2.6% ▼ -35.1%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Maryborough · Urban Centre
Language in Maryborough
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language in Maryborough (Qld), spoken exclusively at home by 91% of residents. This is a very high proportion compared to other areas, with only 2.6% of the population using another language at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home has fallen to 2.6%, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Because of this, very few people—just 0.3%—speak little or no English, a figure well below the Australian average.
0.3% —
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
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/ucl/UCL312003/maryborough/topic/language