93.3% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 94.7%
- 2016: 92.2%
- 2021: 93.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Poruma Island · Suburb / Locality
Language in Poruma Island
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A staggering 93.3% of people on Poruma Island use a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, making it one of the areas with the highest proportion of non-English speakers in the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 3% of residents speak English only at home. This high use of other languages is consistent with the 11% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above both the Queensland and Australian averages.
11.0% ▼ -29.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 11.0%
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 Poruma Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32355/poruma-island/topic/language