50.0% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 92% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 43.0%
- 2016: 49.7%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Barkly · Council (LGA)
Language in Barkly
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Barkly now use a language other than English at home, with the figure rising 7.0 percentage points since 2011. Half of all residents—50.0%—now speak another language, a proportion far above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Half of the population speaks a language other than English at home, which is far above the 22.3% national figure. This is consistent with the area having a little more people who speak little or no English (5.4%) compared to the rest of Australia.
5.4% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA70420/barkly/topic/language