Curra · Urban Centre

Language in Curra

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Only 2.5% of people in Curra use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of Australia. English is the primary way of communicating for the vast majority of the local population.

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📍 Curra, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 92.4% of the community, and the proportion of people using another language has fallen from 4.8% in 2011 to 2.5%. No one in the area reported speaking little or no English, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 3.4%.

2.5% ▼ -47.5%

Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.8%
  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 2021: 2.5%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Curra, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

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 Curra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321035/curra/topic/language