19.4% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 79% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
Nearly one in five people in Very Remote Australia use a language other than English at home. This is much higher than in most other areas, though the 19.4% figure remains a little below the national average. This trend has risen over the last decade, reflecting a growing diversity in these isolated regions.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 60.8% of residents, while other common languages include Tagalog, Mandarin and Vietnamese. Around 1.9% of people speak little or no English, which is higher than most areas but a little below the Australian figure.
1.9% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 69% of remoteness area areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA54/very-remote-australia/topic/language