17.9% ▲ +85.5%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Palmerston · Council (LGA)
Language in Palmerston
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 72.5% of people in Palmerston. While more people have started speaking other languages at home since 2011, the area remains much less linguistically diverse than the Northern Territory average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 17.9% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 22.3%. This includes small groups speaking Tagalog and Greek, though only 1.8% of the population speak little or no English.
1.8% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Palmerston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA72800/palmerston/topic/language