35.3% ▲ +76.8%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Darwin City · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Darwin City
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people speak a language other than English in Darwin City compared to the rest of the country. Over a third of the population uses another language at home, a figure that has climbed by 15 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 35.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the Australian figure of 22.3%. While English is used by 52.1%, other common languages include Mandarin at 5.2%, Vietnamese at 1.8%, Hindi at 1.3%, and Cantonese at 1.3%. Only 2.7% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that has fallen since 2016.
2.7% ▼ -41.6%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Darwin City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701011002/darwin-city/topic/language