5.0% ▲ +30.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Currumbin Waters · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Currumbin Waters, where only 5% of people use another tongue at home. While this is higher than most similar areas, it is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
About 90.9% of people speak only English, and the tiny proportion who speak little or no English (0.4%) is well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
5.0% ▲ +30.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.4% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 68% 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 Currumbin Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30776/currumbin-waters/topic/language