19.0% —
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0874, NT · Postcode
Language in 0874, NT
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 76.7% of people in postcode 0874. While most residents speak only English, the number of people using another language at home has more than doubled since 2016 to reach 19.0%. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly one in five people here speak a language other than English at home, which is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Common non-English languages include Hindi, Arabic, and Punjabi, yet only 2.2% of residents speak little or no English.
2.2% ▲ +49.7%
Higher than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 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 0874, NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA0874/0874-nt/topic/language