9.9% —
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mount Isa · Urban Centre
Language in Mount Isa
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 10% of people in Mount Isa now speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has nearly doubled since 2016. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 80.4% of residents, with Tagalog and Mandarin also spoken. Only 0.7% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures.
0.7% ▲ +31.2%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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/ucl/UCL313009/mount-isa/topic/language