80.5% ▲ +821.1%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 80.5%
- 2021: 80.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Belyuen · Council (LGA)
Language in Belyuen
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge 80.5% of people in Belyuen use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This represents a massive shift for the area, as the proportion of people speaking other languages rose by 72 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While most of the community uses a language other than English, 22.8% speak only English. Despite this, 0.0% of residents speak little or no English, a figure well below both the Northern Territory and Australian averages.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 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 Belyuen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA70540/belyuen/topic/language