45.2% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brinkin - Nakara · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Brinkin - Nakara
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost half of the people in Brinkin - Nakara now speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen by 7.7 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of the Northern Territory and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 45.2% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is used by 47.8%, other common languages include Mandarin (6.8%) and Greek (5.1%), though those who speak little or no English make up only 3.7% of the population.
3.7% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Brinkin - Nakara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701021013/brinkin-nakara/topic/language