Daintree · Suburb / Locality

Language in Daintree

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

English is the only language spoken at home by every resident in Daintree. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Australia, where 22.3% of people use a language other than English.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.3% of people use another language at home, which is well below the Queensland figure of 13.2%. Despite this, the area has a higher proportion of people who speak little or no English than most similar areas.

4.3% ▼ -29.7%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.1%
  • 2016: 3.9%
  • 2021: 4.3%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Daintree, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Daintree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30786/daintree/topic/language