5.8% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Coomalie · Council (LGA)
Language in Coomalie
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Coomalie compared to the rest of the territory. Only 5.8% of residents use another language at home, a figure that is far below both the Northern Territory and national averages. This linguistic pattern has remained steady over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 70.6% of the area. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 0.5% speaking little or no English, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 3.9%.
0.5% ▲ +44.7%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Coomalie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA70700/coomalie/topic/language