7.5% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kuranda · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Kuranda
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Kuranda, where very few people need translation services for daily life. Only 7.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The 7.5% who speak another language at home is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most people speak only English (80.9%), and the 0.5% who speak little or no English is much lower than in most other areas.
0.5% ▲ +20.6%
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 Kuranda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306051168/kuranda/topic/language