Woorabinda · Urban Centre

Language in Woorabinda

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

English is the dominant tongue for daily life in Woorabinda, where 91.6% of people speak only English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than most of Australia, though the use of other languages has risen slightly in recent years.

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📍 Woorabinda, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 3.7% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This low diversity is reflected in the fact that just 0.3% of residents speak little or no English.

3.7% ▲ +167.7%

Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.4%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 3.7%

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

0.3% ▲ —

Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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 Woorabinda, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Woorabinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321112/woorabinda/topic/language