Mataranka, Roper Gulf

What Mataranka speaks at home

Kriol is the main language after English in Mataranka, spoken at home by nearly three in ten residents at the 2021 Census. Australia as a whole has a lower share than Mataranka. In all, 5 languages turn up in the count, most of them small.

Residents
327
Speak another language
33.9%+63.2%
Languages spoken
5
Born overseas
7.1%

How large is Mataranka's Kriol-speaking community?

Kriol at home

29%

No other language comes close; Czech is next.

Which other languages are spoken in Mataranka?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Czech
    4+33.3%
  2. 02
    Italian
    4
  3. 03
    Thai
    4
  4. 04
    Turkish
    4

How does Mataranka compare with Roper Gulf?

The share speaking another language is below the figure for Roper Gulf.

Mataranka
33.9%
Australia
21.3%
Roper Gulf
64.3%

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

Which countries are Mataranka's residents from?

Overseas-born residents make up 23 people, most often from New Zealand.

  1. 01
    New Zealand
    10+233%
  2. 02
    England
    4-42.9%
  3. 03
    Indonesia
    4
  4. 04
    Italy
    4

What religions are reported in Mataranka?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    149+96.1%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    104+16.9%
  3. 03
    Islam
    4
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    3

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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Mataranka is part of Roper Gulf, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.