83.2% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 91.6%
- 2016: 87.6%
- 2021: 83.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Aurukun · Council (LGA)
Language in Aurukun
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A striking 83.2% of people in Aurukun use a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, making it one of the areas with the highest linguistic diversity in the region. While the use of other languages has dipped slightly since 2011, many residents still speak a language other than English daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 83.2% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. This is alongside a rise in the number of people who speak little or no English, which grew from 7.7% in 2016 to 20.0% in 2021.
20.0% ▲ +158.7%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Aurukun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA30250/aurukun/topic/language