Doomadgee, Queensland

Languages other than English in Doomadgee

In Doomadgee, the 2021 Census counted 43 people speaking a language other than English at home, led by Malayalam and Japanese. No language other than English reaches one in 100 residents. Doomadgee sits near the foot of the diversity index, at 444th.

Residents: 1,386
Speak another language: 43
Languages at home: 11
Change since 2016: −36.8%

Which languages other than English are spoken in Doomadgee?

These three top a list of small communities.

Malayalam

7 speakers

Used at home by fewer than one in 100 residents.

Japanese

4 speakers

That's fewer than one in 100 residents.

Ndebele

4 speakers

Spoken at home by 0.3 per cent of residents.

What sets Doomadgee apart from Australia as a whole?

Doomadgee's share is well under the national share. 25 councils in Queensland have a lower share.

Doomadgee: 3.1%
Australia: 21.3%
Queensland: 12.2%

Same method throughout, so the gap between the bars is the real gap.

The full diversity index, with Doomadgee highlighted.

Which parts of Doomadgee are most multilingual?

Suburb pages list every language counted in that suburb.

DoomadgeeLed by Malayalam3%43
The larger figure is each suburb's share speaking a language other than English; the smaller is people. 1 suburbs listed.

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.

Blank answers matter here. 53 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 3.1%. Count them in and it's 6.9%; drop them from the base and it's 3.2%.

Figures for Doomadgee itself aren't affected by the small gap between summed suburbs and ABS national totals. Unnamed ABS categories are in every total and out of every ranked list.

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