Yarrabah, Queensland
The languages of Yarrabah
Yarrabah is a council where a language other than English is spoken at home by about 2,000 people, according to the 2021 Census, mostly under unnamed ABS categories. The rest are smaller communities, below one in 100 residents each. Yarrabah has more than three times the rate of other-language speakers found in Brisbane.
- Residents
- 2,499
- Speak another language
- 1,955
- Languages at home
- 7
- Change since 2016
- +567.2%
What First Nations languages are spoken at home in Yarrabah?
2 First Nations languages have speakers here, led by Aboriginal English, so described, Nyungar and Guugu Yimidhirr. The census couldn't name the language for another about 1,700 people, which it files under broad ABS categories.
- 01187
- 0210
- 038
- 043-81.3%
- 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 does Yarrabah's language picture differ from Australia as a whole?
Yarrabah's share outstrips the national share, at more than three times the rate. Among Queensland councils, Yarrabah ranks 77th.
- Yarrabah
- 78.2%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Brisbane
- 22.8%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
What are all the languages spoken in Yarrabah?
Ten rows at a time, largest first. Anything the ABS couldn't pin to a single language is counted in the totals, not here.
- 01187
- 0210
- 038
- 043-81.3%
- 053
- 060-100%
- 070-100%
How do the localities of Yarrabah compare?
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- YarrabahLed by Aboriginal English, so described78%1,955
- 1 suburbs in Yarrabah. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where does Yarrabah sit on the map of Australia's languages?
Yarrabah 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.
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 78.2% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 97 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 82.1%, while measuring only those who answered gives 81.4%.
Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.
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