11.2% ▲ +63.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Murrumba Downs · Suburb / Locality
Language in Murrumba Downs
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Murrumba Downs compared to the rest of the country. While 11.2% of residents use another language at home, this is 11 percentage points below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 86% of the area, though Hindi and Punjabi are the next most common. Despite being much higher than most similar areas, only 1.1% of people here speak little or no English.
1.1% ▲ +37.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Murrumba Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32089/murrumba-downs/topic/language