90.2% ▲ +2286.8%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 90.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Iama (Yam) Island · Urban Centre
Language in Iama (Yam) Island
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Among the highest in the region for linguistic diversity, Iama (Yam) Island sees 90.2% of its people using a language other than English at home. This is a massive shift for the area, where the proportion of people speaking other languages rose by 86 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Very few people speak English only at home, at just 3.6%. While 90.2% of residents use another language—far above the national figure of 22.3%—about 7.6% of people speak little or no English, which is well above the Queensland average.
7.6% ▲ —
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.6%
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 Iama (Yam) Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322059/iama-island/topic/language