Currumbin Waters · Suburb / Locality

Language in Currumbin Waters

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%.

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📍 Currumbin Waters, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

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.

  • 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%

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality 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/sal/SAL30776/currumbin-waters/topic/language