Machans Beach, Cairns

Languages spoken in Machans Beach

The 2021 Census found one in 18 residents in Machans Beach speaking a language other than English at home, led by Japanese. Cairns has a higher share than Machans Beach. In all, 11 languages turn up in the count, most of them small.

Residents
928
Speak another language
5.6%-10.3%
Languages spoken
11
Born overseas
16.6%

Which languages other than English are spoken in Machans Beach?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Japanese
    7+40.0%
  2. 02
    French
    5-44.4%
  3. 03
    Finnish
    4
  4. 04
    Khmer
    4
  5. 05
    Portuguese
    4-20.0%
  6. 06
    Spanish
    4-55.6%
  7. 07
    Czech
    3
  8. 08
    German
    3-25.0%
  9. 09
    Motu (HiriMotu)
    3-62.5%
  10. 10
    Thai
    30%

Is Machans Beach more multilingual than Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is less than half the figure for Australia as a whole.

Machans Beach
5.6%
Cairns
12.7%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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