East Mackay, Mackay

The languages of East Mackay

English is the only home language for 84 per cent of residents in East Mackay, according to the 2021 Census. None of those languages reaches one in 100 people. The share speaking another language is less than half the figure for Queensland.

Residents
3,712
Speak another language
5.8%+22.6%
Languages spoken
30
Born overseas
12.1%

What languages do people in East Mackay speak besides English?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Tagalog
    35-22.2%
  2. 02
    Mandarin
    18+500%
  3. 03
    Filipino
    14-71.4%
  4. 04
    Nepali
    14
  5. 05
    Auslan
    11
  6. 06
    Korean
    10
  7. 07
    Afrikaans
    9
  8. 08
    Cantonese
    7
  9. 09
    Malayalam
    7
  10. 10
    Marathi
    7

Where does East Mackay sit against Australia as a whole?

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

East Mackay
5.8%
Queensland
12.2%
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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