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Languages spoken in Cairns

12.7% of Cairns residents speak a language other than English at home, across 135 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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164,649

Residents

12.7%

+14.9%

Speak a language other than English

135

Languages spoken

#143

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Japanese
    2,351+0.9%
  2. 02
    Nepali
    1,091+30.7%
  3. 03
    Mandarin
    1,0770%
  4. 04
    Punjabi
    1,044+21.8%
  5. 05
    Italian
    886-9.9%
  6. 06
    German
    866+0.7%
  7. 07
    Korean
    785-19.4%
  8. 08
    Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)
    778+19.0%
  9. 09
    Tagalog
    7400%
  10. 10
    Hmong
    725+20.2%

135 languages recorded in Cairns(ABS Census 2021). Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in the totals above but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

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