9.7% ▲ +36.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mullumbimby · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher language diversity than most similar areas defines Mullumbimby, though it remains far less diverse than the state and national figures. While nearly 10% of residents use a language other than English at home, the vast majority of the community speaks only English.
English and the largest community languages.
About 9.7% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than in similar areas but far below the 22.3% national figure. Very few people speak little or no English at 0.4%, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
9.7% ▲ +36.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.4% ▼ -32.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Mullumbimby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12839/mullumbimby/topic/language