4.8% ▲ +35.4%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Murwillumbah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Murwillumbah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant way of communicating in Murwillumbah, where 87.7% of people speak only English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country, with very few residents requiring translation services for daily life.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.8% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This lack of diversity is reflected in the very small number of people who speak little or no English, at just 0.5%.
0.5% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Murwillumbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112031251/murwillumbah/topic/language