1.3% ▼ -51.8%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Merinda · Urban Centre
Language in Merinda
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language used for daily life in Merinda, where only 1.3% of people speak another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 83.3% of residents, and the share of people using other languages has fallen since 2011. While few use other languages, 1.8% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Queensland average.
1.8% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Merinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322078/merinda/topic/language