Bislama
31 speakers
That's fewer than one in 100 residents.
Cook, Queensland
First Nations and other languages in Cook
Guugu Yimidhirr is the most widely spoken First Nations language in Cook, where about 370 people speak a language other than English at home, according to the 2021 Census. Just one language is spoken by at least one in 100 people. The share for Brisbane is more than twice as high as Cook's.
- Residents
- 4,365
- Speak another language
- 368
- Languages at home
- 34
- Change since 2016
- +31.0%
What First Nations languages are spoken at home in Cook?
2 First Nations languages have speakers here, led by Guugu Yimidhirr, Kuku Yalanji and Wik Mungkan. Together they account for more than two in five of those who speak a language other than English.
- 01122+171%
- 0225+92.3%
- 037-65.0%
- 044
- 054
- 063
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 Cook from Australia as a whole?
Nationally, a language other than English is at least twice as common. Within Queensland, Cook ranks 27th of 77.
- Cook
- 8.4%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Brisbane
- 22.8%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
How do Cook's languages rank?
Ten rows at a time, largest first. Anything the ABS couldn't pin to a single language is counted in the totals, not here.
- 01122+171%
- 0231
- 0327
- 0425+92.3%
- 0520-35.5%
- 0617+30.8%
- 0712-42.9%
- 0812
- 099+200%
- 108+33.3%
Which multicultural languages have the most speakers in Cook?
Beyond First Nations languages, these are the largest.
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.
How do the localities of Cook compare?
The suburb names link through to their own figures.
- LakelandLed by Bislama33%109
- RossvilleLed by Kuku Yalanji10%53
- CooktownLed by Guugu Yimidhirr7%185
- CoenLed by Wik Mungkan5%21
- Starcke0%0
- Laura (Qld)0%0
- Shelburne0%0
- 7 suburbs in Cook. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where does Cook sit on the map of Australia's languages?
The shading shows how many residents speak a multicultural languageany language other than English at home, on ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Compare Cook with its neighbours on the full map.
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.
Other sources sometimes quote 25.3% for Cook. That figure treats the 738 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 8.4%, and 10.1% is the share among those who answered.
National totals here run slightly under ABS published figures, because summing suburbs misses people without a usual address. Broad ABS categories count in the totals but not in the ranked lists.
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