41.3% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 44.4%
- 2016: 66.0%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wujal Wujal · Council (LGA)
Language in Wujal Wujal
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over 41% of people in Wujal Wujal speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse of its kind in the region, though this proportion has fallen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 41.3% of residents use another language at home, very few struggle with English; only 1.4% speak little or no English. This is about the same as the Queensland figure and a little below the national average.
1.4% ▲ +36.2%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Wujal Wujal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37570/wujal-wujal/topic/language