3.8% ▲ +29.2%
Lower than 90% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Language in Remote Australia
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Remote Australia compared to the rest of the country. Only 3.8% of the population uses another language at home, which is well below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes it one of the least linguistically diverse areas in the nation.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 88.2% of residents. Very few people speak little or no English here, at just 0.3%, which is well below the Australian average of 3.4% and has barely changed since 2016.
0.3% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 86% of remoteness area areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA43/remote-australia/topic/language