17.6% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0886, NT · Postcode
Language in 0886, NT
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 18% of people in postcode 0886 use a language other than English at home, making the area much more linguistically diverse than most similar places. While this is well below the national figure, it shows a small increase in the variety of languages spoken over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 69.7% of residents, though 17.6% use another tongue, including small numbers speaking Mandarin and Tagalog. Very few people struggle with English, as only 1.9% speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.9% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 0886, NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA0886/0886-nt/topic/language