7.3% ▼ -42.4%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kuranda · Urban Centre
Language in Kuranda
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Kuranda compared to the rest of the country. Only 7.3% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure. This trend has continued over the last decade as the proportion of people using other languages fell by 5.4 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 80.6% of the community speaks only English, the 7.3% who use another language at home is much higher than in most similar areas. This is consistent with the fact that very few people struggle with English, with only 0.2% speaking little or no English.
0.2% ▼ -62.8%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Kuranda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315049/kuranda/topic/language