36.5% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 41.6%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0880, NT · Postcode
Language in 0880, NT
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in three people in postcode 0880 use a language other than English at home. This figure is far above the national average and has risen by 4 percentage points since 2011, making the area much more linguistically diverse than most other regions.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 36.5% of residents speak a language other than English at home, which is well above the Northern Territory figure. While this is much higher than most areas, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is only 2.6%, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
2.6% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 0880, NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA0880/0880-nt/topic/language