52.8% ▲ —
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 52.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pormpuraaw · Urban Centre
Language in Pormpuraaw
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over half of the people in Pormpuraaw (L) use a language other than English at home, a figure that has surged by 53 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area's linguistic diversity far higher than both the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 52.8% of residents speak another language at home, which is far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. Despite this, English is still spoken by 34.7% of the population, and no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.
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.
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 Pormpuraaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321086/pormpuraaw/topic/language