85.4% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 85.1%
- 2016: 89.3%
- 2021: 85.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wurrumiyanga · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wurrumiyanga
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language use in Wurrumiyanga has shifted since 2011, with a very high 85.4% of people now speaking another language at home. This is far above the national figure and reflects a community where English is not the only primary tongue.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 8.2% of residents speak English only, a figure far above the 22.3% national average. Despite this, the 3.7% who speak little or no English is about the same as the typical Australian figure.
3.7% ▼ -32.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Wurrumiyanga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70295/wurrumiyanga/topic/language