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Languages spoken in South Mackay

8.2% of South Mackay residents speak a language other than English at home, across 32 languages (ABS Census 2021).

6,833

Residents

8.2%

+3.0%

Speak a language other than English

32

Languages spoken

13.4%

+1.8%

Born overseas

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Tagalog
    165-7.8%
  2. 02
    Filipino
    101-7.3%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese
    28+300%
  4. 04
    Mandarin
    24-4.0%
  5. 05
    Italian
    21+16.7%
  6. 06
    Thai
    20+25.0%
  7. 07
    Malayalam
    19
  8. 08
    Punjabi
    16-15.8%
  9. 09
    Nepali
    15+114%
  10. 10
    Spanish
    12

Where residents were born

13.4% born overseas, across 33 countries.

  1. 01
    Philippines
    326-7.4%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    182+13.0%
  3. 03
    England
    88-6.4%
  4. 04
    South Africa
    43+53.6%
  5. 05
    India
    37-24.5%
  6. 06
    Thailand
    27+200%
  7. 07
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    23-11.5%
  8. 08
    Vietnam
    21+200%
  9. 09
    Germany
    14+27.3%
  10. 10
    Zimbabwe
    14+55.6%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation in South Mackay at the 2021 Census.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    3,728-14.8%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,396+49.8%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    76+24.6%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    28-26.3%
  5. 05
    Islam
    7-41.7%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    4

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