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Aurukun, Queensland
Languages spoken in Aurukun
The 2021 Census counted about 790 people in Aurukun speaking a First Nations language at home, with Wik Mungkan the most common. Among the leading languages, Wik Mungkan has more than tripled since 2016. The share speaking another language at home is more than three times the national share.
- Residents
- 1,095
- Speak another language
- 917
- Languages at home
- 4
- Change since 2016
- −16.7%
Which First Nations languages are spoken in Aurukun?
The census names Wik Mungkan and Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) as the most spoken First Nations languages. Among residents who speak another language at home, a First Nations language is the choice of 86 per cent of them. Another 126 people gave a language the ABS could only file under a broad category, so the named figures here are a floor.
- 01776+315%
- 0211+267%
The ABS’s own post-enumeration survey found the census missed a much larger share of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people than of the population overall, so counts here are best read as a floor.
How different is Aurukun from Queensland?
Aurukun has more than three times the rate of other-language speakers found across Queensland. 14 councils in Queensland have a lower share.
- Aurukun
- 83.7%
- Queensland
- 12.2%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
Which languages have the most speakers in Aurukun, First Nations included?
Speakers at home, with the change since 2016. Broad ABS categories such as "Chinese, nfd" count towards the totals but aren't listed, so the shares can add up to more than the languages shown.
- 01776+315%
- 0211+267%
- 034
- 040-100%
Which multicultural languages have the most speakers in Aurukun?
These lead among languages from overseas.
Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languagesLEXIGO works in multicultural communication. First Nations languages are optional to display and are not counted in the multicultural rankings.
Where in Aurukun is English least common at home?
Suburb pages list every language counted in that suburb.
- AurukunLed by Wik Mungkan84%917
- The larger figure is each suburb's share speaking a language other than English; the smaller is people. 1 suburbs listed.
Where is Aurukun on the language map?
Darker shading means more residents speaking a multicultural languageany language other than English at home. ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Open the national map.
ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021: language used at home, by Statistical Area Level 2, rolled up to Local Government Area. Change is measured from 2016.
How the headline share is counted: 83.7% is residents who named a language other than English, as a share of everyone. Another 76 didn't answer the question. Counting them as speaking another language would give 90.7%; leaving them out of the population altogether gives 90.0%. Higher figures quoted elsewhere usually come from one of those.
Two caveats: summing suburbs leaves out residents with no usual address, so national totals land a little under ABS published figures, and ranked lists leave out broad ABS categories that don't name a language.
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