Pormpuraaw, Queensland
Languages spoken in Pormpuraaw
At the 2021 Census, just over one in two residents in Pormpuraaw spoke a language other than English at home, and Kuuk Thayorre was the leading First Nations language among them. Most other languages here have fewer than one speaker per 100 residents. Across Queensland, the share speaking another language is less than half of Pormpuraaw's.
- Residents
- 597
- Speak another language
- 310
- Languages at home
- 5
- Change since 2016
- −28.9%
What First Nations languages are spoken at home in Pormpuraaw?
Kuuk Thayorre is the largest, followed by Wik Mungkan and Meriam Mir. They're the home languages of most people here who don't speak English at home. A further 42 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.
- 01162-18.2%
- 0293-51.8%
- 037+133%
- 046
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 Pormpuraaw from Brisbane?
Measured against Brisbane, Pormpuraaw's share is more than twice as high. Pormpuraaw is 72nd of 77 across Queensland.
- Pormpuraaw
- 51.9%
- Brisbane
- 22.8%
- Queensland
- 12.2%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
Compare Pormpuraaw with every council on the diversity index.
Which languages have the most speakers in Pormpuraaw, 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.
- 01162-18.2%
- 0293-51.8%
- 037+133%
- 046
- 050-100%
Where in Pormpuraaw is English least common at home?
Every suburb here has a page of its own.
- PormpuraawLed by Kuuk Thayorre52%310
- 1 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
Where does Pormpuraaw 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 Pormpuraaw with its neighbours on the full map.
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.
51.9% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 77 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 64.8%; among respondents alone it's 59.6%.
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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