Mandarin
8 speakers
That's fewer than one in 100 residents.
Carpentaria, Queensland
Which languages are spoken in Carpentaria?
The 2021 Census found 57 people in Carpentaria speaking a language other than English at home, a small community in which Mandarin is the largest group. On its own, no other language reaches one in 100. Fewer than 100 councils have a lower share.
- Residents
- 2,042
- Speak another language
- 57
- Languages at home
- 10
- Change since 2016
- +32.6%
Which languages are heard at home in Carpentaria?
Small as they are, Mandarin, German and Fijian are the largest.
Where does Carpentaria sit against Australia as a whole?
Nationally, the share speaking another language is more than double. In the Queensland table, Carpentaria is 57th of 77.
- Carpentaria
- 2.8%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Brisbane
- 22.8%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.
Compare Carpentaria with every council on the diversity index.
Which suburbs of Carpentaria have the most speakers of other languages?
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- KarumbaLed by Mandarin4%21
- NormantonLed by Koko-Bera2%36
- 2 suburbs in Carpentaria. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
2.8% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 229 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 14.0%; among respondents alone it's 3.1%.
Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.
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