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Macleay Island · Urban Centre

Language in Macleay Island

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary language spoken by 87.9% of people on Macleay Island. This is a very English-speaking area, with far fewer people using other languages at home than in the rest of Australia.

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📍 Macleay Island, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.3% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While this number rose 2.3 points since 2011, the proportion of people who speak little or no English remains very low at 0.5%.

People using another language at home

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4.3% ▲ +119.0%

Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.5% ▲ +11.3%

Higher than 67% 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.

Language used at home

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In Macleay Island, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 0%.

English only 87.9% Italian 0.3% Mandarin 0.2% Tagalog 0.1% Cantonese 0.1%

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 Macleay Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315055/macleay-island/topic/language