3.2% ▲ +10.0%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Doomadgee · Council (LGA)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Very few people in Doomadgee use a language other than English at home, putting the area much lower than most others. Only 3.2% of residents use another language, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 93% of the community. This means the 0.4% who speak little or no English is well below the national figure of 3.4%.
3.2% ▲ +10.0%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.4% ▲ +26.6%
Lower than 66% of council (lga) areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Doomadgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32770/doomadgee/topic/language