20.4% ▲ +119.8%
Higher than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0832, NT · Postcode
Language in 0832, NT
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than twice as many people in postcode 0832 now speak a language other than English at home compared to 2011. While 20.4% of residents use another language, this is far below the Northern Territory figure and a little below the national average. The area is now more linguistically diverse than most other similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 71.6% of residents, followed by Tagalog at 2.7% and Greek at 1.3%. Despite the rise in non-English speakers, the proportion who speak little or no English is very low at 1.8%, which is a little below the national figure.
1.8% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 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 0832, NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA0832/0832-nt/topic/language