21.0% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 81% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Very Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Language in Very Remote Australia
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Diverse ways of communicating shape daily life in Very Remote Australia, where more than one in five people use a language other than English at home. This proportion has risen to 21% since 2011, reflecting a linguistic landscape that is much more varied than in most other remote areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 67% of the population, while 21% use another language at home. This is much higher than most similar areas, though 3.1% who speak little or no English is about the same as the national figure.
3.1% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 85% of remoteness area areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA34/very-remote-australia/topic/language