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Very Remote Australia · Remoteness Area

Language in Very Remote Australia

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A massive gap exists between Very Remote Australia and the rest of the country, with only 3.2% of people using a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, marking it as one of the least linguistically diverse areas in the country.

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📍 Very Remote Australia, Remoteness Area

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is used by 80.6% of people at home, and those who speak little or no English make up just 0.3% of the population. This is well below the Australian average of 3.4% and has barely changed since 2016.

People using another language at home

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3.2% ▲ +60.1%

Lower than 98% of remoteness area areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.3% ▲ +7.9%

Lower than 85% of remoteness area areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Very Remote Australia, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

English only 80.6% Mandarin 0.2% Punjabi 0.2% Cantonese 0.1% Hindi 0.1% Greek 0.1% Vietnamese 0.1% Tagalog 0.1%

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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA14/very-remote-australia/topic/language