Mackay, Mackay
What Mackay speaks at home
At the 2021 Census, 15 per cent of residents in Mackay spoke a language other than English at home, most often Tagalog. The share speaking another language is 1.2 times the figure for Queensland. Residents speak 36 languages between them.
- Residents
- 3,953
- Speak another language
- 14.6%-12.5%
- Languages spoken
- 36
- Born overseas
- 20.7%
What's spoken at home in Mackay?
- 01Tagalog144+1.4%
- 02Filipino78-40.0%
- 03Mandarin50+8.7%
- 04Nepali38+52.0%
- 05Thai33+13.8%
- 06Punjabi29-12.1%
- 07Vietnamese23+15.0%
- 08Hindi14-75.0%
- 09Gujarati13-53.6%
- 10Malayalam13+225%
Where were Mackay's residents born?
The Philippines is the most common overseas birthplace.
- 01Philippines245-10.3%
- 02New Zealand107+5.9%
- 03India97-4.9%
- 04England69-14.8%
- 05Thailand32+23.1%
- 06Nepal29+26.1%
- 07Malaysia27+286%
- 08Germany22+633%
- 09China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)20-4.8%
- 10South Africa160%
Where does Mackay sit against Australia as a whole?
Mackay's share is below Australia as a whole.
- Mackay
- 14.6%
- Queensland
- 12.2%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
What's Mackay's religious mix?
- 01Christianity1,519-20.5%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs1,465+60.6%
- 03Hinduism104-8.0%
- 04Buddhism60-1.6%
- 05Islam40+81.8%
- 06Judaism6
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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