Woorabinda, Queensland
Languages spoken in Woorabinda
Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) is the most widely spoken First Nations language in Woorabinda, where 32 people speak a language other than English at home, according to the 2021 Census. The share for Brisbane is more than twice as high as Woorabinda's.
- Residents
- 1,019
- Speak another language
- 32
- Languages at home
- 3
- Change since 2016
- −59.0%
How many people in Woorabinda speak a First Nations language?
3 First Nations languages have speakers here, led by Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole), Gamilaraay and Aboriginal English, so described. Together they account for more than one in two of those who speak a language other than English.
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 Woorabinda's language picture differ from Australia as a whole?
Nationally, a language other than English is at least twice as common. In the Queensland table, Woorabinda is 75th of 77.
- Woorabinda
- 3.1%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Brisbane
- 22.8%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
How do Woorabinda's languages rank?
Ten rows at a time, largest first. Anything the ABS couldn't pin to a single language is counted in the totals, not here.
Which localities in Woorabinda have the most speakers of other languages?
Every suburb here has a page of its own.
- WoorabindaLed by Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)3%32
- 1 suburbs in Woorabinda. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
How does Woorabinda look on the map?
The shading shows how many residents speak a multicultural languageany language other than English at home, on ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Compare Woorabinda with its neighbours on the full map.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
The headline 3.1% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 54 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 8.4%, while measuring only those who answered gives 3.3%.
Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.
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