Yorkeys Knob, Cairns

Languages spoken in Yorkeys Knob

The 2021 Census found one in 13 residents in Yorkeys Knob speaking a language other than English at home, led by Japanese. Yorkeys Knob's share is below Cairns. It's one of the suburbs of Cairns, which has its own page.

Residents
2,740
Speak another language
7.6%+18.8%
Languages spoken
22
Born overseas
19.6%

Which languages other than English are spoken in Yorkeys Knob?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Japanese
    34+13.3%
  2. 02
    German
    27+22.7%
  3. 03
    French
    14+100%
  4. 04
    Italian
    12-7.7%
  5. 05
    Dutch
    11+22.2%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans
    9+125%
  7. 07
    Korean
    90%
  8. 08
    Mandarin
    8-46.7%
  9. 09
    Portuguese
    6+100%
  10. 10
    Punjabi
    6

Where does Yorkeys Knob sit against Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is less than half the figure for Australia as a whole.

Yorkeys Knob
7.6%
Cairns
12.7%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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Yorkeys Knob is part of Cairns, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.