3.8% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 87.3%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kowanyama · Urban Centre
Language in Kowanyama
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Zero people in Kowanyama (L) reported speaking little or no English in the latest census. This reflects a community where English is the primary language, with 85.8% of residents using it exclusively at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 3.8% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. This has barely changed since 2011, while the proportion of people who speak little or no English fell sharply from 31.2% in 2016 to 0.0%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 31.2%
- 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.
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 Kowanyama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321062/kowanyama/topic/language