26.8% ▲ +32.0%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0812, NT · Postcode
Language in 0812, NT
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people now speak a language other than English in postcode 0812, with the figure rising by 6.5 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most similar places, though it remains less diverse than the Northern Territory average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 26.8% of residents use another language at home, which is well above the national figure. While English is the main language for 64.5% of people, Greek is the most common second language at 3.5%. A small number of people, 4.0%, speak little or no English.
4.0% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 0812, NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA0812/0812-nt/topic/language