5.2% ▲ +38.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Murwillumbah · Suburb / Locality
Language in Murwillumbah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 87.2% of people in Murwillumbah. While more residents here speak a second language than in most similar areas, this is still far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.2% of people use a language other than English at home, with Punjabi being the most common non-English tongue. Only 0.5% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average.
0.5% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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/sal/SAL12877/murwillumbah/topic/language