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Remote Australia · Remoteness Area

Language in Remote Australia

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

A huge gap exists between Remote Australia and the rest of the country, with only 3% of people using a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%. English remains the dominant language spoken across these vast areas.

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📍 Remote Australia, Remoteness Area

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is used by 88.7% of people at home, while just 0.4% speak little or no English, which is well below the Australian average of 3.4%. These figures have barely changed since 2011 and 2016.

People using another language at home

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3.0% ▲ +28.8%

Lower than 99% 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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0.4% ▲ +29.6%

Lower than 81% 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 Remote Australia, English only is the majority at 99%; Tagalog is next at 0%.

English only 88.7% Tagalog 0.2% Mandarin 0.1% Greek 0.1% Italian 0.1% Arabic 0.1% Vietnamese 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 Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA23/remote-australia/topic/language