83.2% ▲ +1100.7%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 74.3%
- 2021: 83.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Aurukun · Urban Centre
Language in Aurukun
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive shift in home languages has occurred in Aurukun since 2011. Now, 83.2% of people speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This reflects a unique linguistic profile where only 9.3% of the population speak English only.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home rose 76 points since 2011. Alongside this, the share of people who speak little or no English has climbed to 20.0%, which is far above the Queensland figure of 1.8%.
20.0% ▲ +111.4%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 Aurukun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315004/aurukun/topic/language