QLD · Local Government Area

Languages spoken in Mackay

5.0% of Mackay residents speak a language other than English at home, across 103 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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120,528

Residents

5.0%

+16.0%

Speak a language other than English

103

Languages spoken

#251

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Tagalog
    896+16.2%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans
    625+8.1%
  3. 03
    Filipino
    554+5.3%
  4. 04
    Mandarin
    361+32.2%
  5. 05
    Maltese
    216-22.6%
  6. 06
    Punjabi
    201+36.7%
  7. 07
    German
    185+17.1%
  8. 08
    Malayalam
    180+40.6%
  9. 09
    Thai
    174+6.1%
  10. 10
    Hindi
    158-5.4%

103 languages recorded in Mackay(ABS Census 2021). Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in the totals above but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

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