11.4% —
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Yarrabilba · Urban Centre
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people in Yarrabilba use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While English is the main language for 82.2% of residents, the number of people speaking other languages rose by 8.1 percentage points since 2016 to reach 11.4%.
English and the largest community languages.
The 11.4% who speak another language at home is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This diversity is reflected in the use of Punjabi, Hindi, and Mandarin, while the 1.4% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas.
11.4% —
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
1.4% ▲ +318.8%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Yarrabilba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL313011/yarrabilba/topic/language