4.9% ▲ +105.7%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Murwillumbah · Urban Centre
Language in Murwillumbah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Murwillumbah than in most similar areas. While the vast majority of the community uses only English, the proportion of people using another language at home has risen to 4.9% since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 87.7% of residents. While 4.9% of people use another language at home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Very few people struggle with English, and the proportion who speak little or no English fell to 0.5% by 2021.
0.5% ▼ -67.5%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Murwillumbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114021/murwillumbah/topic/language