Currumbin Waters · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Currumbin Waters

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Only 5% of people in Currumbin Waters use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes it a very linguistically uniform area where the vast majority of residents speak English.

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📍 Currumbin Waters, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 91% of residents speak only English, which is well below the Queensland average. While the number of people using other languages rose slightly since 2011, those who speak little or no English remain very rare at just 0.4%.

5.0% ▲ +30.3%

Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 4.4%
  • 2021: 5.0%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.4% ▲ +8.6%

Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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.

Language used at home

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In Currumbin Waters, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 0%.

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 Currumbin Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309021232/currumbin-waters/topic/language