12.9% ▲ +202.8%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 88.5%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kalumburu · Urban Centre
Language in Kalumburu
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of residents in Kalumburu now use a language other than English at home. While 76% of people speak only English, the proportion of those using other languages rose significantly to 12.9% since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The use of other languages is much higher here than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the national figure of 22.3%. This shift comes alongside a sharp drop in people who speak little or no English, which fell from 19.4% in 2016 to just 1.8%.
1.8% ▼ -90.7%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Kalumburu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522032/kalumburu/topic/language