9.4% ▲ +272.0%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Weipa · Urban Centre
Language in Weipa
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for most people in Weipa, though the use of other languages has grown recently. While 9.4% of residents speak another language at home, this is far below the national figure. This means English is the dominant way of communicating for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home rose 6.9 percentage points since 2011 to reach 9.4%, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, 0.8% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the Queensland and national averages.
0.8% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Weipa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315098/weipa/topic/language