52.5% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.9%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pormpuraaw · Suburb / Locality
Language in Pormpuraaw
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in Pormpuraaw use a language other than English at home, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This puts the community far above the national figure, with 52.5% of residents speaking another tongue.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 52.5% of people use another language at home, no one in the area speaks little or no English. This is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 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.
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 Pormpuraaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32349/pormpuraaw/topic/language