4.2% ▲ +6.8%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Carpentaria · Council (LGA)
Language in Carpentaria
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 4.2% of people in Carpentaria use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure and shows that English is the dominant tongue in the region. The language profile has remained very steady over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 84.5% of the population, and those who speak little or no English make up just 0.2% of the area. This is much lower than most other regions and has barely changed since 2016.
0.2% ▲ +56.1%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.2%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Carpentaria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32250/carpentaria/topic/language