New Mapoon, Northern Peninsula Area

Languages spoken in New Mapoon

In New Mapoon, about 300 people speak a language other than English at home, and Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) leads by a wide margin, the 2021 Census shows. Behind it sits Aboriginal English, so described. Australia as a whole has a lower share than New Mapoon.

Residents
415
Speak another language
72.0%-4.2%
Languages spoken
3
Born overseas
0.0%

How many people in New Mapoon speak Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)?

Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) at home

36%

The next language, Aboriginal English, so described, is a long way behind.

Which other languages are spoken in New Mapoon?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages

Is New Mapoon more multilingual than Northern Peninsula Area?

Northern Peninsula Area has much the same share.

New Mapoon
72.0%
Australia
21.3%
Northern Peninsula Area
72.6%

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

What religions are reported in New Mapoon?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    164+215%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    93-69.0%

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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