Afrikaans
27 speakers
The community has more than tripled since 2016.
Weipa, Queensland
First Nations and other languages in Weipa
The 2021 Census counted one in 12 residents in Weipa speaking a language other than English at home, with Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) the most common First Nations language it named. Most other languages here have fewer than one speaker per 100 residents. Weipa's share is below the share for Queensland.
- Residents
- 4,066
- Speak another language
- 347
- Languages at home
- 27
- Change since 2016
- +27.1%
How many people in Weipa speak a First Nations language?
Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) is the largest, followed by Aboriginal English, so described and Wik Mungkan. A further 127 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.
- 0143-51.1%
- 0211
- 035
- 043
- 053
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 Weipa from Brisbane?
The share for Brisbane is more than twice as high as Weipa's. Weipa is 31st among Queensland councils.
- Weipa
- 8.5%
- Brisbane
- 22.8%
- Queensland
- 12.2%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
How do Weipa's languages rank?
Each row is a language and the number who speak it at home, beside its change on 2016. The headline total also includes broad ABS categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which aren't listed here.
- 0143-51.1%
- 0227+800%
- 0321+200%
- 0420-13.0%
- 0517+41.7%
- 0612+300%
- 0711-38.9%
- 0811
- 096
- 106
Which other languages are spoken in Weipa?
Of the other languages, these have the most speakers.
Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languagesLEXIGO works in multicultural communication. First Nations languages are optional to display and are not counted in the multicultural rankings.
Where in Weipa is English least common at home?
The 4 suburbs sit close together, Trunding at the top.
Every suburb here has a page of its own.
- Evans LandingLed by Filipino10%5
- TrundingLed by Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)9%143
- Rocky Point (Weipa - Qld)Led by Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)9%140
- NanumLed by Tagalog7%59
- 4 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
Where does Weipa sit on the map of Australia's languages?
Weipa 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.
8.5% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 537 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 21.7%; among respondents alone it's 9.8%.
Ranked lists skip broad categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which stay in the totals. National figures are summed from suburbs and sit a touch under the ABS release.
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