85.3% ▲ +3786.2%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 85.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Erub (Darnley) Island · Urban Centre
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge 85.3% of people in Erub (Darnley) Island speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure and represents a massive increase from 2011, when only 2.2% of the community did so.
English and the largest community languages.
While only 7.1% of residents speak English only, 17.2% speak little or no English, which is far above the Queensland figure of 1.8%.
85.3% ▲ +3786.2%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
17.2% ▲ —
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Erub (Darnley) Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322041/erub-island/topic/language