SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Queensland

Yarrabah

2,499 residents · 5+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
82.1%
2,052 people
Growth since last census
-81.3%
vs previous census
In context
4.45× Queensland avg
3.03× national avg
Population
2,499
CALD residents
2,052
Languages spoken
5
Fastest-growing
0%
Narrative

Why this matters

Yarrabah is home to 2,499 residents. 82.1% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 2,052 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Yarrabah 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
    Aboriginal English, so described187 · 7.5%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Nyungar10 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Guugu Yimidhirr8 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Gudanji3 · 0.1%
    81.3%
  5. 05
    Yidiny3 · 0.1%
    0.0%
    Composition

    Everyone at home

    ENGLISH · 18%
    ABO
    OTHER
    ENGLISH ONLY 17.9%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 82.1%
    Aboriginal English, so described
    187 · 0.0%
    Nyungar
    10
    Guugu Yimidhirr
    Gudanji
    Yidiny
    SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
    1. 01
      Aboriginal English, so described187 · 7.5%
      0.0%
    2. 02
      Nyungar10 · 0.4%
      0.0%
    3. 03
      Guugu Yimidhirr8 · 0.3%
      0.0%
    4. 04
      Gudanji3 · 0.1%
      81.3%
    5. 05
      Yidiny3 · 0.1%
      0.0%
    Momentum

    Fastest-growing languages

    Top movers since the last census

    #1
    Language
    Aboriginal English, so described
    0.0%
    187 speakers · 7.5% of LGA
    #2
    Language
    Nyungar
    0.0%
    10 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
    #3
    Language
    Guugu Yimidhirr
    0.0%
    8 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
    Sub-regions

    Suburb-level data

    Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

    Use this data

    Commission a gap report for Yarrabah.

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