24.6% ▲ +53.3%
Higher than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0870, NT · Postcode
Language in 0870, NT
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 68.5% of people in postcode 0870. While this is the dominant tongue, the area has seen a rise in linguistic variety, with the share of people using another language at home climbing 8.6 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 24.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure. Punjabi, Tagalog and Mandarin are the most common non-English languages, while the 2.2% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.2% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 0870, NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA0870/0870-nt/topic/language