66.7% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 99% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 66.7%
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 67% of people in Very Remote Australia use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the country. This high rate of non-English use creates a unique daily environment where English is not the primary tongue for the majority of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used alone by only 24.4% of residents, a figure far above the national 22.3% for those using other languages. This is consistent with 9.6% of people speaking little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.
9.6% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 99% of remoteness area areas.
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.6%
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/RA74/very-remote-australia/topic/language