52.5% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 67.9%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pormpuraaw · Council (LGA)
Language in Pormpuraaw
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over half of the people in Pormpuraaw speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. While this variety is common here, everyone in the community speaks some English. This mix creates a unique linguistic environment where traditional and colonial languages both play a role in daily life.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 52.5% of residents use another language at home, a figure far above the 22.3% national average, though this has fallen 15 points since 2011. Despite this, no one in the area reported speaking little or no English, which is well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Pormpuraaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36070/pormpuraaw/topic/language