Fijian
11 speakers
About 1.1 per cent of all residents.
Napranum, Queensland
First Nations and other languages in Napranum
The 2021 Census counted one in seven residents in Napranum speaking a language other than English at home, with Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) the most common First Nations language it named. Just two languages are spoken by at least one in 100 people. Napranum is a little under Brisbane.
- Residents
- 963
- Speak another language
- 136
- Languages at home
- 7
- Change since 2016
- −57.0%
Which First Nations languages are spoken in Napranum?
Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) is the largest, followed by Aboriginal English, so described and Kriol. A further 69 people speak a language the census records only under a broad ABS category, with no language named, so the named counts run under the true total.
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 does Napranum compare with Australia as a whole?
Napranum's share is under the national share, though not by much. Napranum is 50th of 77 across Queensland.
- Napranum
- 14.1%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Brisbane
- 22.8%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.
Which languages have the most speakers in Napranum, First Nations included?
The chip beside each count is the change since 2016. Totals include broad ABS categories like "Chinese, nfd" that the list leaves out.
- 0147-65.9%
- 0211
- 035-37.5%
- 044
- 050-100%
- 060-100%
- 070-100%
Which other languages are spoken in Napranum?
Of the other languages, these have the most speakers.
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Tongan
5 speakers
Between the last two censuses it has fallen by more than a quarter.
Which localities in Napranum have the most speakers of other languages?
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- Mission RiverLed by Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)14%136
- 1 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
Where is Napranum on the language map?
Napranum on the Language Map, shaded for residents who speak a multicultural languageany language other than English at home (ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries). View all councils.
Figures come from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021 (language used at home), aggregated from Statistical Area Level 2 to Local Government Area, with 2016 for comparison.
14.1% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 251 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 40.2%; among respondents alone it's 19.1%.
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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