SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Queensland

Mapoon

424 residents · 2+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
46.0%
195 people
Growth since last census
+441.7%
vs previous census
In context
2.49× Queensland avg
1.70× national avg
Population
424
CALD residents
195
Languages spoken
2
Fastest-growing
+442%
Narrative

Why this matters

Mapoon is home to 424 residents. 46.0% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 195 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Mapoon into a single shareable document: the languages spoken at home, the communities growing fastest, and the suburb-level variation that a council-wide average hides.

Languages

The twelve most-spoken

Bars show share of LGA residents · growth since last census

  1. 01
    Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)65 · 15.3%
    441.7%
  2. 02
    Aboriginal English, so described5 · 1.2%
    0.0%
    Composition

    Everyone at home

    ENGLISH · 54%
    YUM
    OTHER
    ENGLISH ONLY 54.0%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 46.0%
    Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)
    65 · +441.7%
    Aboriginal English, so described
    5 · 0.0%
    SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
    1. 01
      Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)65 · 15.3%
      441.7%
    2. 02
      Aboriginal English, so described5 · 1.2%
      0.0%
    Momentum

    Fastest-growing languages

    Top movers since the last census

    #1
    Language
    Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)
    +441.7%
    65 speakers · 15.3% of LGA
    #2
    Language
    Aboriginal English, so described
    0.0%
    5 speakers · 1.2% of LGA
    Use this data

    Commission a gap report for Mapoon.

    We turn census data into targeted outreach plans: which documents to translate first, which community leaders to engage, where the gaps are.