78.1% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 76.4%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 78.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Maralinga Tjarutja · Council (LGA)
Language in Maralinga Tjarutja
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly four in five people in Maralinga Tjarutja use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This high level of linguistic diversity is coupled with a very strong command of English across the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 78.1% of residents use another language at home—rising slightly since 2011—no one reported speaking little or no English. This is well below the national figure and represents a drop from 5.1% in 2016.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Maralinga Tjarutja [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44000/maralinga-tjarutja/topic/language