SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Queensland

Northern Peninsula Area

2,777 residents · 7+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
84.6%
2,348 people
Growth since last census
+145.9%
vs previous census
In context
5.36× Queensland avg
3.10× national avg
Population
2,777
CALD residents
2,348
Languages spoken
7
Fastest-growing
+152%
Narrative

Why this matters

Northern Peninsula Area is home to 2,777 residents. 84.6% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 2,348 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Northern Peninsula Area 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)1,522 · 54.8%
    ▲151.6%
  2. 02
    Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya35 · 1.3%
    ▼80.8%
  3. 03
    Aboriginal English, so described19 · 0.7%
    ▲0.0%
  4. 04
    Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)5 · 0.2%
    ▲0.0%
  5. 05
    Fijian4 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  6. 06
    Indonesian4 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  1. 01
    Spanish3 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 15%
YUM
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 15.4%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 84.6%
Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)
1,522 · +151.6%
Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya
Aboriginal English, so described
Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)
Fijian
Indonesian
Spanish
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)1,522 · 54.8%
    ▲151.6%
  2. 02
    Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya35 · 1.3%
    ▼80.8%
  3. 03
    Aboriginal English, so described19 · 0.7%
    ▲0.0%
  4. 04
    Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)5 · 0.2%
    ▲0.0%
  5. 05
    Fijian4 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  6. 06
    Indonesian4 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  7. 07
    Spanish3 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)
+151.6%
1,522 speakers · 54.8% of LGA
#2
Language
Aboriginal English, so described
0.0%
19 speakers · 0.7% of LGA
#3
Language
Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)
0.0%
5 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Injinoo
488 RESIDENTS
92.0% CALDTop: Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)
Umagico
395 RESIDENTS
84.6% CALDTop: Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)
Bamaga
1,187 RESIDENTS
83.3% CALDTop: Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)
Seisia
292 RESIDENTS
76.7% CALDTop: Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Northern Peninsula Area.

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