18.4% ▲ +66.1%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Katherine · Council (LGA)
Language in Katherine
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people in Katherine use another language at home than in most similar areas. While 18.4% of residents speak a language other than English, this is still well below the national figure and much lower than across the Northern Territory.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The share of people using another language at home rose 7.3 percentage points since 2011. Very few struggle with English, as the 1.5% who speak little or no English is a little below the national figure and has barely changed since 2016.
1.5% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Katherine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA72200/katherine/topic/language