Humpty Doo · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Humpty Doo

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary language for 87.1% of people in Humpty Doo. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the Northern Territory and Australia, with very few residents speaking a language other than English at home.

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📍 Humpty Doo, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 5.3% of people use another language at home, a figure far below the national average and barely changed since 2011. Consistent with this, just 1% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian figure.

5.3% ▲ +4.5%

Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 5.1%
  • 2016: 5.5%
  • 2021: 5.3%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

1.0% ▼ -11.3%

Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 2021: 1.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Humpty Doo, English only is the majority at 98%; Vietnamese is next at 1%.

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 Humpty Doo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701031032/humpty-doo/topic/language