81.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 88.5%
- 2021: 81.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Umbakumba · Suburb / Locality
Language in Umbakumba
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 81.9% of people in Umbakumba speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse at its level, with a very small minority of residents using only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language is 60 points higher than the Australian average. This is consistent with a higher number of residents who speak little or no English, which is well above the 3.4% seen nationally.
9.5% ▲ +336.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 Umbakumba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70267/umbakumba/topic/language