88.9% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 87.6%
- 2016: 89.3%
- 2021: 88.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
East Arnhem · Council (LGA)
Language in East Arnhem
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 89% of people in East Arnhem use a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse in the region, with very few residents speaking only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
A huge 88.9% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the Australian figure of 22.3%. This is consistent with 17.8% of people speaking little or no English, a proportion that rose 5.6 points since 2016.
17.8% ▲ +46.0%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 17.8%
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 East Arnhem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA71300/east-arnhem/topic/language