15.4% ▲ +56.8%
Higher than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0830, NT · Postcode
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started using a language other than English at home in postcode 0830, with the figure rising by 5.6 percentage points since 2011. While 15.4% of residents now speak another language, this remains well below the same figure for Australia.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 73.4% of the area, though 1.8% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Other common languages spoken include Tagalog, Greek, Vietnamese and Mandarin.
15.4% ▲ +56.8%
Higher than 75% of postcode areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
1.8% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in 0830, NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA0830/0830-nt/topic/language