40.7% ▲ +1221.8%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Palm Island · Council (LGA)
Language in Palm Island
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 40.7% of people in Palm Island use a language other than English at home, a figure that has jumped 38 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area's linguistic diversity far higher than both the state and national levels.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 53.1% of the population speaks only English, 2.7% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than most other areas. This lack of English fluency has risen slightly since 2016.
2.7% ▲ +284.1%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Palm Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35790/palm-island/topic/language