6.8% ▲ +78.4%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Karumba · Urban Centre
Language in Karumba
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Karumba compared to the rest of the country. Only 6.8% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Despite this, the proportion of people using other languages has risen by 3 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.3% of the area, and nobody reports speaking little or no English. While 6.8% of people use another language at home—a figure much higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the Queensland average of 13.2%.
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 Karumba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322067/karumba/topic/language