78.5% ▲ +356.5%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 78.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Yarrabah · Council (LGA)
Language in Yarrabah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 78.5% of people in Yarrabah use a language other than English at home, one of the highest rates for any similar area. This is far above the national figure and represents a huge increase from previous years. Most residents speak a language other than English, yet very few struggle with English proficiency.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The share of people using another language at home rose 61 percentage points since 2011 to reach 78.5%, which is far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. Despite this, only 1.6% of the population speak little or no English, a result that is about the same as the state average.
1.6% ▲ +109.4%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Yarrabah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37600/yarrabah/topic/language