3.2% ▲ +19.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Doomadgee · Suburb / Locality
Language in Doomadgee
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people speak a language other than English in Doomadgee compared to the rest of the country. Only 3.2% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most of the community speaks only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 93% of the population. While the 0.4% of people who speak little or no English is higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
0.4% ▲ +26.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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.
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 Doomadgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30865/doomadgee/topic/language