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Maleny · Urban Centre

Language in Maleny

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

More people in Maleny speak a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 89.2% of the community uses only English, the proportion of people using other languages has nearly doubled since 2011 to reach 6.4%.

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📍 Maleny, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

The 6.4% who speak another language at home is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 0.3% speaking little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.

People using another language at home

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6.4% ▲ +77.5%

Higher than 75% 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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0.3% ▲ +111.1%

Higher than 53% 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 Maleny, English only is the majority at 99%; Vietnamese is next at 1%.

English only 89.2% Vietnamese 0.6% Mandarin 0.3% Cantonese 0.3% Italian 0.2%

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 Maleny [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315057/maleny/topic/language